Maps of Women's Goings and Stayings

This book tells the life and travel stories of fascinating women, whether in fact or as possibility, and examines women's physical mobility in a culture of gendered, postcolonial space that restricts their movement. Straddling the divide between fiction and scholarship, it combines fictional narrative, contemplation, theoretical thinking, scholarly discussions, and interviews.

Summary

This book tells the life and travel stories of fascinating women, whether in fact or as possibility, and examines women's physical mobility in a culture of gendered, postcolonial space that restricts their movement. Straddling the divide between fiction and scholarship, it combines fictional narrative, contemplation, theoretical thinking, scholarly discussions, and interviews.

Product details

• Authors: Rela Mazali, Mazali Rela
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2002
• EAN: 9780804732932
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-3293-2
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 221 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Series: Contraversions Jews and Other; Contraversions: Jews and Other; Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories