Introduction: Writing Arab Selfhood – From Taha Husayn to Blogging

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Editor’s Foreword vi
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Transliterated Names xi
6. Figures xii
7. Introduction: Writing Arab Selfhood – From Taha Husayn to Blogging 1
8. 1 Autobiography and Nation-Building : Constructing Personal Identity in the Postcolonial World 37
9. 2 Writing Selves on Bodies 75
10. 3 Mapping Autobiographical Subjectivity in the Age of Multiculturalism 107
11. 4 Visions of Self : Filming Autobiographical Subjectivity 142
12. 5 What Does My Avatar Say About Me? Autobiographical Cyber-writing and Postmodern Identity 170
13. Conclusion : Arab Autobiography in the Twenty-first Century 197
14. Bibliography 203
15. Index 225