The warrior women of Islam : forgotten heroines of the great Arabian tales
Kruk, Remke2013
Books, Manuscripts
Looks at the forgotten heroines of the great Arabian tales, challenging gender stereotypes and the wilder perception of women in the Middle East. Colloquial Arabic storytelling is mostly comonly associated with the Arabian Nights. But few people are aware of a much larger corpus of narrative texts known as popular epic. In this book, Remke Kruk makes these neglected romances available to a Western audience, putting a bold new complexion on gender roles and the wider perception of women in the Middle East.
Kruk, Remke, author
London : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
304 pages : illustrations (colour)
97818488592729781848859272 (pbk)
892.734
English
2063460