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.