Autobiographical Identities in Contemporary Arab Culture:

Explores developments in Arab autobiography over the last 40 yearsThis original exploration of Arab autobiographical discourse investigates various modes of cultural identity which have emerged in Arab societies in the last 40 years. During this period, autobiographical texts moved away from exempla...

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1. Verfasser: Anishchenkova, Valerie (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2021]
Schriftenreihe:Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature : ESMAL
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Zusammenfassung:Explores developments in Arab autobiography over the last 40 yearsThis original exploration of Arab autobiographical discourse investigates various modes of cultural identity which have emerged in Arab societies in the last 40 years. During this period, autobiographical texts 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 builds a new theoretical framework for these modes of autobiographical cultural production.Key FeaturesInvestigates how diverse autobiographical subjectivities have evolved from the previous notions of uniform subjectivityIntroduces novel autobiographical sub-genres such as autobiographical film and bloggingTheorises the fluid and ever-expanding Arab autobiographical discourse
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 10. Jan 2022)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (240 pages) 10 B/W illustrations
ISBN:9780748643417
DOI:10.1515/9780748643417

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