Firdous Azim: 2 books
by Firdous Azim
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2002
In this challening book, Firdous Azim, provides a feminist critique of orthodox accounts of the `rise of the novel' and exposes the underlying orientalist assumptions of the early English novel. Whereas previous studies have emphasized the universality of the coherent and consistent subject which...
Unveiling Desire
Fallen Women in Literature, Culture, and Films of the East
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
In Unveiling Desire, Devaleena Das and Colette Morrow show that the duality of the fallen/saved woman is as prevalent in Eastern culture as it is in the West, specifically in literature and films. Using examples from the Middle to Far East, including Iran, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Japan,...