02364nam 2200601 450 991046509860332120200520144314.00-8156-5290-9(CKB)2560000000305161(EBL)4649221(SSID)ssj0001387968(PQKBManifestationID)11755432(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001387968(PQKBWorkID)11394282(PQKB)11739021(MiAaPQ)EBC4649221(OCoLC)897017231(MdBmJHUP)muse37761(EXLCZ)99256000000030516120160908h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe female suffering body illness and disability in modern Arabic literature /Abir HamdarFirst edition.Syracuse, New York :Syracuse University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (182 p.)Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle EastDescription based upon print version of record.0-8156-3365-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.The silent subject : illness and disability in male writing, 1950-2000 -- Mediating voices : illness and disability in female writing, 1950-2000 -- Re-writing the suffering body : 2000-Examines the absence of representations of female illness in Arab literature, exploring how both literary and cultural perspectives on female sickness and disability have transformed in the modern period and finds that over the course of 60 years women with physical ailments have moved from the margins to the center of Arabic literature.Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.Arabic literature20th centuryWomen with disabilities in literatureSick in literatureElectronic books.Arabic literatureWomen with disabilities in literature.Sick in literature.892.7093522Hamdar Abir997570MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465098603321The female suffering body2287772UNINA