Ageing in the modern Arabic novel / Samira Aghacy.
Material type: TextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781474466783
- 1474466788
- 892.73009354 23
- PJ7571
Intro -- Ageing in the Modern Arabic Novel -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Ageing in Traditional Neighbourhoods: Conformity and Transgression -- 2 Hoary Monuments, Residual Bodies: Senescence in the City -- 3 Menopausal Tremors: Refurbishing the Body -- 4 Senile Masculinity: The Male Body in Crisis -- 5 Yarns of Later Life: Transgressive Strategies -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
By assembling a range of fictional works from different parts of the Arab world that incorporate older characters, this book draws on a range of theoretical approaches to aging, particularly from the perspective of gender and feminism, to reconcile the biological and cultural understandings of old age.
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