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Ageing in the modern Arabic novel / Samira Aghacy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781474466783
  • 1474466788
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ageing in the modern Arabic novel.DDC classification:
  • 892.73009354 23
LOC classification:
  • PJ7571
Online resources:
Contents:
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
Summary: 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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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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