DISCOURSES ON WOMEN'S BIOGRAPHIES AND CULTURAL IDENTITY: TWENTIETH-CENTURY REPRESENTATIONS OF THE LIFE OF THE LIFE OF 'A'ISHA BINT ABI BAKR.

From: Feminist Studies | Date: March 22, 2001| Author: ELSADDA, HODA | Copyright information

Representations of Arab women have been at the heart of contemporary political debates over issues of cultural identity, the relationship between Arab states and the West, tradition and authenticity, cultural specificity and globalism. Questions about how we become a modem nation without losing our cultural identity have been with us since the beginning of the twentieth century especially in relation to women's roles in society. In Arab societies, women are assigned the role of cus...

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