Rituals of Memory in Contemporary Arab Women's Writing

by Brinda Mehta

This volume carefully assesses fixed notions of Arab womanhood by exploring the complexities of Arab women's lives as portrayed in literature. Encompassing women writers and critics from Arab, French, and English traditions, it forges a transnational Arab feminist consciousness.

Brinda Mehta examines the significance of memory rituals in women's writings, such as the importance of water and purification rites in Islam and how these play...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815631359
• ISBN13: 9780815631354
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"