I killed Scheherazade : confessions of an angry Arab woman /

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Author / Creator:	Ḥaddād, Jumānah Sallūm.
Imprint:	Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (160 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Ḥaddād, Jumānah Sallūm. Ḥaddād, Jumānah Sallūm. Women, Arab -- Social conditions. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. Social conditions. Women, Arab -- Social conditions. Arab countries -- Social conditions. Arab countries. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11103530

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ISBN:	9781569769317 1569769311 9781569768402 1569768404
Notes:	Originally published: London : Saqi Books, 2010. Print version record.
Summary:	For centuries the heroine of The Arabian Nights, Scheherazade, defined the Arab womanuntil Joumana Haddad, an Arab woman herself, had had enough. Haddad angrily challenges prevalent notions of identity and womanhood in the Middle East in this intrepid exploration. While she finds the West's dominant portrayal of Arab women appalling, she finds the image projected by many Middle Eastern women to be infuriating as well. She discusses her intellectual development and the liberating effect of literature on her life, and in the process she transcends religious and cultural perspectives. Ultimately she argues that every woman has not only the right but the duty to ignore social, political, and sexual expectations and be true to herself. Fiery and candid, this is a provocative exploration of what it means to be an Arab woman today that will enlighten and inform a new international feminism. For Haddad, Scheherazade is dead, and the time has come for Arab women to tell their own stories.
Other form:	Print version: Ḥaddād, Jumānah Sallūm. I killed Scheherazade. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, 2011 9781569768402

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