Samira Aghacy

Ageing in the Modern Arabic Novel

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

By assembling a range of fictional works from different parts of the Arab world that incorporate older characters, this book draws on a range of theoretical approaches to aging, particularly from the perspective of gender and feminism, to reconcile the biological and cultural understandings of old age.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9781474466752
• ISBN-10: 1474466753
• Artikelnr.: 59503753

Autorenporträt

Samira Aghacy is Professor of English and Comparative Literature and interim Director of the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World at the Lebanese American University. She is author of Masculine Identity in the Fiction of Arab East since 1967 (2009), and has published numerous articles on contemporary Arabic fiction. She also served for seven years (1997-2003) as editor of Al-Raida, a feminist peer-reviewed journal published by IWSAW.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Ageing in Traditional Neighborhoods: Conformity and Transgression
2. Hoary Monuments, Residual Bodies: Senescence in the City
3. Menopausal Tremors: Refurbishing the Body
4. Senile Masculinity: The Male Body in Crisis
5. Yarns of Later Life: Transgressive Strategies
Conclusion
Bibliography.