| Intimate Selving: Gender, Self and Identity in Arab Families Contributor(s): Joseph, Suad (Editor) |
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ISBN: 081562817X ISBN-13: 9780815628170 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1999 Annotation: Native feminist scholars focus on intimate Arab familiar relationships and discuss gendering of the self in the Arab community. In biographical and autobiographical, ethnographical, and literary accounts, they identify key family relationships and explore them in terms of shaping and defining gender in relation to others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: 306.850 |
| LCCN: 99016643 |
| Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.08" W x 9.1" (0.98 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of articles written by feminist scholars focuses on intimate Arab familial relationships. The authors identify key family relationships - mother-son, brother-sister, co-wives, father-daughter - to explore women's contribution to shaping and defining themselves in relation to others. |