Cultural journeys into the Arab world : a literary anthology /
Cultural Journeys into the Arab World provides a fascinating window into Arab culture and society through the voices of its own writers and poets. Organized thematically, the anthology features more than fifty texts, including poems, essays, stories, novels, memoirs, eyewitness accounts, and life hi...
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| Формат: | Licensed eBooks |
| Язык: | английский |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
2018.
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| Online-ссылка: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18252433 |
Оглавление:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Understanding People in Context
- Self and Identity
- From My Life
- The ID Card
- From Why Keep Asking Me about My Identity?
- Rites of Passage
- From An Egyptian Childhood
- From Khul-Khaal: Five Egyptian Women Tell Their Stories
- My Wedding Night
- Codes of Masculinity
- Choice
- Sa'id, the Searcher
- Those Two Heavy Wings of Manhood: On Moustaches
- Honor versus Shame
- The Beards
- Misfortune in the Alley
- Abu Richard
- Private versus Public
- The Freak
- From The Sheltered Quarter: A Tale of a Boyhood in Mecca
- Tears for Sale
- Sexual Mores
- Let's Play Doctor
- A Red Spot
- Caught Red-Handed
- From Who's Afraid of Meryl Streep?
- Gender Relations
- A Mistake in the Knitting
- International Women's Day
- From Breaking Knees
- She and the Dogs
- Marriage and Children
- From My Life
- From The Seven Days of Man
- The Spider's Web
- Heir Apparent
- Family Dynamics
- The Funfair
- The One-Eyed Woman
- The Newcomer
- From The First Well: A Bethlehem Boyhood
- From A Refugee Childhood
- Religion
- Official versus Popular
- From A Child from the Village
- From The Saint's Lamp
- The Dome with the Crescent: A Trilogy
- An Old Picture
- Fate and God's Will versus Freedom of Choice
- The Village Tale
- Bread, Hashish and Moon
- Life's Will
- Forms of Violence
- Washing Off Disgrace
- Blood Feud
- The Martyr
- Bus #99
- The Ruler and the Ruled
- The Chair Carrier
- On the Tenth Day
- From What Value Has the People Whose Tongue Is Tied?
- The Moment the Barrier of Fear Broke Down
- The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Innocence
- Identity Card
- From The Last Chapter
- Legend
- Perceptions of the West
- From My Life
- Sardines and Oranges
- From The Funeral of New York
- From The Crane
- America
- Notes
- About the Authors
- Permissions and Acknowledgments