TY - GEN T1 - May her likes be multiplied : biography and gender politics in Egypt A1 - Booth, Marilyn LA - English PP - Berkeley PB - University of California Press YR - 2001 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm49570004 AB - This study explores the Arabic tradition of life-writing in Egypt. It examines biographical works by women and uses examples of "famous women" biographies - including Joan of Arc and Jane Austen - to demonstrate how these narratives prescribed complex role models for middle-class girls OP - 460 CN - CT21 .B52 2001eb SN - 9780520925212 SN - 0520925211 SN - 0585389292 SN - 9780585389295 SN - 0520900502 SN - 9780520900509 SN - 9780520224193 SN - 0520224191 SN - 9780520224209 SN - 0520224205 SN - 1597347388 SN - 9781597347389 KW - Women : Biography : History and criticism. KW - Biography as a literary form. KW - Women : Political activity : Egypt : History. KW - Feminism : Egypt : History. KW - Biography. KW - Femmes : Biographies : Histoire et critique. KW - Biographie (Genre littéraire) KW - Femmes : Activité politique : Égypte : Histoire. KW - Féminisme : Égypte : Histoire. KW - Biographies. KW - biographies (literary genre) KW - biography (general genre) KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Women. KW - Biography as a literary form KW - Feminism KW - Women : Biography KW - Women : Political activity KW - Egypt KW - Biografische Literatur KW - Frauenliteratur KW - Ägypten KW - Geschichte 1879-1967. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - History ER -