Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems - Brossura

Mernissi, Fatema

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ISBN 10: 0743412435 ISBN 13: 9780743412438

Casa editrice: Washington Square Press, 2002

Riassunto

One of the world's leading Koranic scholars and Islamic sociologists turns her attention on Western attitudes toward women, drawing on the ancient Islamic tradition of oral storytelling and her own personal experiences to offer a provocative and candid look at feminism and women's culture. Reprint.

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Recensione:

Arlie Russell Hochschild author of The Second Shift and The Time Bind Exploring traditions east and west, Mernissi employs the power of gentle humor to expose the foibles of both....A funny, sweet, wise, magical read by one of the very best writers we have.

Library Journal Brilliant and convincing, this is a provocative multicultural critique.

L'autore:

Fatema Mernissi is a professor of sociology at the University of Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco. She is the bestselling author of Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood, The Veil and the Male Elite, and Beyond the Veil.

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• Editore: Washington Square Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0743412435
• ISBN 13: 9780743412438
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240