| Autobiographical Identities in Contemporary Arab Culture Contributor(s): Anishchenkova, Valerie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0748643400 ISBN-13: 9780748643400 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern - Religion | Islam - General - Literary Criticism | African |
| Dewey: 892.709 |
| Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature Eup |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.20 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over the last 40 years, autobiography in Arab societies has moved away from exemplary life narratives and toward more unorthodox techniques such as erotic memoir writing, postmodernist self-fragmentation, cinematographic self-projection and blogging. Valerie Anishchenkova argues that the Arabic autobiographical genre has evolved into a mobile, unrestricted category arming authors with narrative tools to articulate their selfhood. Reading works from Arab nations such as Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Syria and Lebanon, Anishchenkova connects the century's rapid political and ideological developments to increasing autobiographical experimentation in Arabic works. The immense scope of her study also forces consideration of film and online forms of self-representation and offers a novel theoretical framework to these various modes of autobiographical cultural production. |