Intimate Selving in Arab Families: Gender, Self, and Identity / Edition 1

by Suad Joseph

Overview

The study of relationships-a topic which has received considerable attention in Europe, the United States, and parts of Asia, until now has not been addressed in the Arab world. Here for the first time are articles written by native feminist scholars that focus on intimate Arab familial relationships and provide a scholarly discussion of gendering of the self (the process of intimate selving) in the Arab community. The book is divided into three parts: biographical and autobiographical; ethnographic; and literary accounts in which the authors identify key family relationships-mother-son, brother-sister, mother-daughter-granddaughter, co-wives, and father-daughter-and explore them in terms of shaping and defining gender in relation to others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815628170
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	12/01/1999
Series:	Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.82(d)

About the Author

Suad Joseph is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Davis.

Editorial Reviews

Native feminist scholars focus on intimate Arab familiar relationships and discuss gendering of the self in the Arab community. In biographical and autobiographical, ethnographical, and literary accounts, they identify key family relationships and explore them in terms of shaping and defining gender in relation to others. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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