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BL
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1050128
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bc1087
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English
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| Main Entry
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Al-Samman, Hanadi.
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| Title & Author
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Anxiety of erasure : : trauma, authorship, and the diaspora in Arab women's writings /\ Hanadi Al-Samman.
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| Edition Statement
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First edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Syracuse :: Syracuse University Press,, 2015.
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| Series Statement
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Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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9780815653295
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: 0815653298
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9780815634027
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0815634021
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: Al-Maw'udah/Shahrazad, icons of erasure and revolutionary resurrection -- Arab women and the experience of diaspora -- Anxiety of erasure: Arab women's authorship as trauma -- Mosaic autobiography: Ghada Samman's The impossible novel and Hanan Al-Shaykh's The locust and the bird -- Diasporic haunting: Ghada Samman's The square moon and A masquerade for the dead -- Transforming nationhood from within the minefield: Hamida Na'na''s The homeland -- Paradigms of disease and domination: Hoda Barakat's The tiller of waters, Disciples of passion, The stone of laughter, and My master and my lover -- Border crossings: cultural collisions and reconciliation: Hanan Al-Shaykh's Only in London -- Unearthing the archives, inscribing unspeakable secrets: Salwa Al-Neimi's The proof of the honey, The book of secrets, and poetry collections -- Postscript: from trauma to triumph: Samar Yazbek's A woman in the crossfire: diaries of the Syrian Revolution.
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Arabic literature-- America-- History and criticism.
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Arabic literature-- Europe-- History and criticism.
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Arabic literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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Autobiographical fiction, Arabic-- History and criticism.
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Psychic trauma in literature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Liberty in literature.
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Emigration and immigration in literature.
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Women in literature.
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Culture in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- African.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Middle Eastern.
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Arabic literature.
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Arabic literature-- Women authors.
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Autobiographical fiction, Arabic.
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Culture in literature.
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Emigration and immigration in literature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Liberty in literature.
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Psychic trauma in literature.
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Women in literature.
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America.
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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892.7/099287
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| LC Classification
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PJ8502.A47 2015eb
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