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Voices of Change : Short Stories by Saudi Arabian Women Writers / ed. by Abubaker Bagader, Deborah S. Akers, Ava M. Heinrichsdorff.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©1998Description: 1 online resource (172 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685853990
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One Life Passages -- Had I Been Male -- School Diaries -- Tears of Joy and Sorrow -- Why Shouldn’t I Be Like Her? -- Zainab -- The Duties of a Working Wife -- Complete Calm -- To Celebrate Being a Woman -- The Dove Is a Woman -- Just Give Me the Right to Dream -- Part Two Social Issues -- The Loss -- Saffron -- Wednesday Night -- In a Puzzling Whirlwind -- The Reflection -- Part Three Love: Romantic, Requited, and Otherwise -- I Will Not Return -- If Only It Were Pity -- Fall Nights -- A Single-Winged Bird -- The Last Dream -- The Game -- I Never Lied -- Take Me with You -- Part Four Memories -- Burqan’s Ghost -- The Madman -- One Thousand Braids and a Governess -- Glossary -- About the Authors -- About the Book and Editors
Summary: Poignant and thought-provoking, this anthology offers a representative selection from the past three decades of works by the best-known women writers in Saudi Arabia. The authors’ stories of their patriarchal society afford rare insight into the traditional and changing roles, relationships, and expectations of modern Saudi women. The editors provide an introductory essay on modern Saudi culture, as well as background on each of the major themes addressed in the stories. Students, scholars, and general readers of Middle Eastern literature will find this collection both entertaining and enriching.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One Life Passages -- Had I Been Male -- School Diaries -- Tears of Joy and Sorrow -- Why Shouldn’t I Be Like Her? -- Zainab -- The Duties of a Working Wife -- Complete Calm -- To Celebrate Being a Woman -- The Dove Is a Woman -- Just Give Me the Right to Dream -- Part Two Social Issues -- The Loss -- Saffron -- Wednesday Night -- In a Puzzling Whirlwind -- The Reflection -- Part Three Love: Romantic, Requited, and Otherwise -- I Will Not Return -- If Only It Were Pity -- Fall Nights -- A Single-Winged Bird -- The Last Dream -- The Game -- I Never Lied -- Take Me with You -- Part Four Memories -- Burqan’s Ghost -- The Madman -- One Thousand Braids and a Governess -- Glossary -- About the Authors -- About the Book and Editors

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Poignant and thought-provoking, this anthology offers a representative selection from the past three decades of works by the best-known women writers in Saudi Arabia. The authors’ stories of their patriarchal society afford rare insight into the traditional and changing roles, relationships, and expectations of modern Saudi women. The editors provide an introductory essay on modern Saudi culture, as well as background on each of the major themes addressed in the stories. Students, scholars, and general readers of Middle Eastern literature will find this collection both entertaining and enriching.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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