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Love and Sexuality in Modern Arabic Literature
ISBN: 086356075X
ISBN-13: 9780863560750
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Al Saqi
Published date: 1999
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 1.1 pounds
Pages: 271
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Love and Sexuality in Modern Arabic Literature
Allen, Roger (Editor)
London: Saqi Books, 1995 In segregated, conservative societies with a repressive attitude to women, writing on the theme of love and sexuality are of particular interest. Among the plethora of studies on modern Arabic literature, this book is a major treatment of what has generally been a taboo subject. The scope covers the entire history of modern Arabic literature from the late-19th century to the end of the 1980s, with examples drawn from countries as diverse as Egypt and Kuwait. Although the main accent is on the prose of Egypt and the countries of the Mashreq, North African literature is also included. Examples are drawn form poetry, the novel and the short story. Topics range from "Erotic awareness in the early Egyptian short story" to "Death and desire in Iraqi War literature", from "Fathers and husbands as tyrants and victims" to "The foreign woman and the European mistress in the Maghreb novel". "Love and the mechanism of power" is analyzed, as are "Sexual politics and narrative strategies". Love and sexuality are shown as key elements in the work of Tawfik al-Hakim, Fuad al-Tikirli, the Kuwaiti writer Layla al-Uthman annd Nizar Qabbani. Other chapters treat "The lover in popular 20th-century Arabic drama", "Love and beyond in Mahjar literature" and "The romantic imagination and the female ideal".. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
Offered by Delectus Books (United Kingdom)
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Love and Sexuality in Modern Arabic Literature
Allen, Roger; Kilpatrick, Hilary; De Moor, Ed, Eds
London: Al Saqi Books, 1995. (1st Thus) Large softcover, glossy black wrappers with red and blue design on front wrapper and spine, 271 pages. Mint.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Mint. ( more information)
Offered by Callaghan Books South (United States)
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Love and Sexuality in Modern Arabic Literature (Qty: 3)
Brand new. In segregated, conservative societies with a repressive attitude to women, writings on the theme of love and sexuality are of particular interest. Among the many studies on modern Arabic literature, this book is the first major treatment of what has generally been a taboo subject. The scope covers the entire history of modern Arabic literature--poetry, the novel and the short story--from the late nineteenth century to the end of the 1980s. Examples are drawn from countries as diverse as Algeria and Kuwait. Although the main accent is on the prose of Egypt and the countries of the Mashreq, North African literature is also included. Topics range from 'erotic awareness in the early Egyptian short story' to 'death and desire in Iraqi war literature', from 'fathers and husbands as tyrants and victims' to 'the foreign woman in the North African novel'. The writers whose works are analysed include Tawfiq al-Hakim, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Adonis, Layla Ba'albakki, Najib Mahfouz, Edwar al-Kharrat, Layla al-'Uthman and Nizar Qabbani. Each of the nineteen contributors to the book is a specialist in his or her field of modern Arabic literature. ( more information)
Offered by A Green Hippo (United Kingdom)
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