ISBN: 9780691014883 - woman's body, woman's word: gender and discourse in arabo-islamic writing (princeton legacy library) (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Woman's voice and body are closely entwined in the Arabo-Islamic tradition, argues Fedwa Malti-Douglas in this pioneering book. Spanning the ninth through twentieth centuries and covering a wide range of texts--from courtly anecdote to mystical and philosophical treatises, from works of geography to autobiography--this study reveals how woman's access to literary speech has remained mediated through her body. Malti-Douglas first analyzes classical texts (both well-known works like The Thousand and One Nights and others still ignored in the West) in which the female voice, often associated with wit or trickery of a sexual nature, is subordinated to the male scriptor. Showing how early Arabo-Islamic discourse continues to influence contemporary Arabic writing, she maintains that today feminist writers of novels, short stories, and autobiography must work through this tradition, even if they subvert or reject it in the end. Whereas woman in the classical period speaks through the body, woman in the modern period often turns corporeality into a literary weapon to achieve power over discourse. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1992. Historic Middle East. Princeton University Press. Good+ paperback with very slight wave or ripple along top fore-edge 206p. 2/25.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. x + 206 pages : 23 cm.

Softcover. 23,5 x 15,5 cm. White original paperback with illustrated frontcover. X, (2), 206 pages with 9 chapters (see second picture) and index. A small stamp of a preowner on the fly-leaf; a small note inside the frontcover. Inside clean copy in good condition. Aus dem Nachlass von Rainer Nabielek (1944 - 2021), Orientalist, Medizinhistoriker und Sexualwissenschaftler. Seine Promotion B erlangte er 1990 mit einer Schrift zur Sexualität und Sexualhygiene im Islam, nachdem er bereits 1977 mit einer Arbeit zu - Die pseudogalenische Schrift: Über Schlaf und Wachsein - promoviert hatte. Mit seinem Stempel auf dem Vorsatzblatt. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Die Kastanien fallen, die Blätter rascheln - durchforsten Sie unseren Bestand an Botanik und Zoologie im Ladengeschäft! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! LitWiss.…

paperback. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.