Anishchenkova, Valerie,

Autobiographical identities in contemporary Arab culture /Valerie Anishchenkova. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource. - Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: writing Arab selfhood: from Taha Hysayn to blogging -- Autobiography and nation-building: constructing personal identity in the postcolonial world -- Writing selves on bodies -- Mapping autobiographical subjectivity in the age of multiculturalism -- Visions of self: filming autobiographical subjectivity -- What does my avatar say about me? Autobiographical cyber-writing and postmodern identity -- Conclusion: Arab autobiography in the twenty-first century.



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Arabic literature--History and criticism.
Autobiography.
Autobiographical memory--Arab countries.
Self--Arab countries.


Electronic Books.

PJ7519 / .A986 2014