Arab women writers : an anthology of short stories / / edited, translated, and with an introduction by Dalya Cohen-Mor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958169503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, 2005
• ISBN: 9780791483466; 0791483460; 9781423744078; 1423744071
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages)
• Collana: SUNY series, women writers in translation
• Altri autori (Persone): Cohen-MorDalya <1948->
• Disciplina: 892.7/301089287
• Soggetti: Short stories, Arabic; Arabic fiction - Women authors
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-295).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Arab Women Writers: An Anthology of Short Stories -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Arab Women Writers: A Brief Sketch -- Thematic Aspects -- Modes of Writing -- Arab Women: Old Images, New Pro.les -- Part I. Growing Up Female -- That Summer Holiday -- The Parting Gift -- Let's Play Doctor -- In the Moonlight -- At the Beach -- A Helping Hand -- In the Recesses of Memory -- Fragments from a Life -- The Slave -- Part II. Love and Sexuality -- The Picture -- The Picture -- The Picture -- The Smile -- My Mother's Friend -- A Worthless Woman -- Part III. Male-Female Relations -- Where To? -- The Cat -- The Woman of My Dreams -- Mozart's Fez -- A Virgin Continent -- An Old Couple -- Part IV. Marriage -- A Mistake in the Knitting -- My Wedding Night -- The Dummy -- The Cat, the Maid, and the Wife -- Sun, I Am the Moon -- The Dreadful Sea -- Woman with a Story -- The Persian Rug -- The Dream -- Pharaoh Is Drowning Again -- Part V. Childbearing -- The Spider's Web -- Man and Woman -- Half a Woman -- Heir Apparent -- The Newcomer -- Part VI. Self-Fulillment -- International Women's Day -- The Filly Became a Mouse -- Restoration -- Waiting for Hayla -- The Closely Guarded Secret -- I Will Never Forfeit My Right -- Homecoming -- Bittersweet Memories -- Part ; VII. Customs and Values -- Tears for Sale -- Misfortune in the Alley -- Questioning -- The Dinosaur -- Moonstruck -- A Moment of Truth -- The Future -- The Gallows -- Pat VIII. The Winds of Change -- The Breeze of Youth -- A Successful Woman -- In Need of Reassurance -- Short and Sassy -- The Collapse of Barriers -- The Beginning -- A Moment of Contemplation -- I Will Try Tomorrow -- Notes -- About the Authors.
• Sommario/riassunto: A collection of sixty short stories by women writers from across the Arab world.