| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 198 pages) |
| Series |
Feminist crosscurrents |
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Feminist crosscurrents.
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| Contents |
Sexuality and sexual politics : conflicts and contradictions for contemporary women -- An occulted aspect of the war in Lebanon -- Hanan al-Shaykh : despair, resignation, masochism, and madness -- Etel Adnan : courage, engagement, and self-sacrifice -- Andrée Chedid : determination, vision, endurance, and belief in humanity -- Active nonviolence versus victimization -- Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad : revolution, ethics, revenge, and destiny -- Halim Barakat : despair, fear, revolt, tradition, and heroism -- Elias Khoury : ambivalence, fear of women, and fascination with death and destruction -- War/masculinity versus life/freedom -- Personal and political action for the transformation of society |
| Summary |
"A courageous analysis of Arab writers, addressing the connections between masculinity, violence, and nationalism."--Robin Morgan, Ms. . "Rarely have sexuality and war been treated with such poignancy and historical concreteness ... The force of these often intertwined phenomena endemic to the human condition are considered with incisive and wrenching specificity from within one of the most baneful convergences of sexuality and war in recent history."--Djelal Kadir, editor, World Literature Today . "Personal, powerful, passionate, uncensored."--Fedwa Malti-Dou |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-193) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Arabic fiction -- Lebanon -- History and criticism
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Arabic fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Lebanese fiction (French) -- History and criticism
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Sex in literature.
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Feminism in literature.
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Violence in literature.
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Sexual animosity -- Lebanon
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Sexual animosity -- Arab countries
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
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Arabic fiction
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Feminism in literature
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Lebanese fiction (French)
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Sex in literature
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Sexual animosity
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Violence in literature
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War and literature
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Arabisch.
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Erotik Motiv.
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Krieg Motiv.
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Libanesischer Bürgerkrieg 1975-1991, Motiv.
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Literatur.
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Sexualität.
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Roman arabe -- Liban -- Histoire et critique.
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Roman arabe -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Sexualité -- Dans la littérature.
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Féminisme -- Dans la littérature.
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Violence -- Dans la littérature.
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Littérature libanaise -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature arabe -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature et guerre.
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Krieg.
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| SUBJECT |
Lebanon -- History -- Civil War, 1975-1990 -- Literature and the war
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Arab countries
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Lebanon
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Libanon.
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Liban -- 1975-1990 (Guerre civile)
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Arabisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814705445 |
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0814705448 |
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