Writing Beirut : mappings of the city in the modern Arabic novel /: mappings of the city in the modern Arabic novel. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Samira Aghacy.
• Authors: Aghacy, Samira
• Contents: Introduction -- 1 The rural-urban divide: subverted boundaries -- 2 The rhetoric of walking: cartographic versus nomadic itineraries -- 3 Sexualizing the city: the yoking of flesh and stone -- 4 Traffic between the factual and the imagined: Beirut deferred -- 5 Excavating the city: exterior and interior relics -- Inconclusive Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 230 pages)
• Subjects: 892.7/36/093256925; Arabic fiction -- 1801- -- History and criticism; Arabic literature -- 1801- -- History and criticism; RELIGION -- Islam -- General; LITERARY CRITICISM -- African; Arabic fiction; Arabic literature; Literature; Arabisch; Roman; Beirut; Beirut (Lebanon) -- In literature; Lebanon -- Beirut; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748696253; 0748696253; 9781474403467; 1474403468
• Related ISBNs: 9780748696246; 0748696245; 9780748603467
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.