Writing Beirut : : Mappings of the City in the Modern Arabic Novel / / Samira Aghacy.
Takes a geographical/spatial approach to Beirut seeking to understand how the city is imagined in fictionExploring the ways in which writers utilize the spaces of the city - joining the factual with the imaginary - this book shows how idiosyncratic perceptions of Beirut are produced, generating an i...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature : ESMAL
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Series Editor's Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration
- 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