Joumana Haddad

I Killed Scheherazade

Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman

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Produktbeschreibung

Fiery and candid; a provocative and courageous exploration of what it means to be an Arab woman today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Chicago Review Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 146mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 199g
• ISBN-13: 9781569768402
• ISBN-10: 1569768404
• Artikelnr.: 33317344

Autorenporträt

Joumana Haddad is an award-winning poet, translator, magazine publisher, and journalist. Cultural editor for an Arab newspaper, in 2008 she launched the Arab world's first erotic cultural magazine, Jasad (Body), which made international headlines and caused her to be dubbed "the Carrie Bradshaw of Beirut." She lives in Lebanon.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Note to the Reader 11 Foreword by Etel Adnan 13 To Start With - On camels, belly dancing, schizophrenia and other pseudo-disasters 17 1. An Arab Woman Reading the Marquis de Sade 33 11. An Arab Woman Not Belonging Anywhere 49 111. An Arab Woman Writing Erotic Poetry 63 1v. An Arab Woman Creating a Magazine about the Body 79 v. An Arab Woman Redefining Her Womanhood 95 v1. An Arab Woman Unafraid of Provoking Allah 113 v11. An Arab Woman Living and Saying No 127 To Start Again - Am I really an 'Arab woman'? 137 Post-Partum: I Killed Scheherazade 141 The Poet's Chapter: Attempt at an Autobiography 149 Acknowledgments 159