Women and the War Story

by Miriam Cooke

Book Overview

In a book that radically and fundamentally revises the way we think about war, Miriam Cooke charts the emerging tradition of women's contributions to what she calls the "War Story," a genre formerly reserved for men. Concentrating on the contemporary literature of the Arab world, Cooke looks at how alternatives to the master narrative challenge the authority of experience and the permission to write. She shows how women who write themselves and their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520206134
• ISBN13: 9780520206137
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"