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Reading Arab Women's Autobiographies: Shahrazad Tells Her Story

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Authors of autobiographies are always engaged in creating a "self" to present to their readers. This process of self-creation raises a number of intriguing questions: why and how does anyone choose to present herself or himself in an autobiography? Do women and men represent themselves in different ways and, if so, why? How do differences in culture affect the writing of a ...more
Paperback , 236 pages
Published November 1st 2003 by University of Texas Press
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A Professor in English and gender and women's studies, Nawar Al-Hassan Golley obtained her PhD in Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham, UK. Golley worked at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, UK, before joining AUS in August 1999. She has presented several papers at international conferences such as the Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, published many ...more
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