Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-224) and index.

Introduction: writing Arab selfhood: from Taha Hysayn to blogging -- Autobiography and nation-building: constructing personal identity in the postcolonial world -- Writing selves on bodies -- Mapping autobiographical subjectivity in the age of multiculturalism -- Visions of self: filming autobiographical subjectivity -- What does my avatar say about me? Autobiographical cyber-writing and postmodern identity -- Conclusion: Arab autobiography in the twenty-first century.

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This study of Arab autobiographical discourse investigates various modes of cultural identity which have emerged in Arab societies in the last 40 years. During this period, autobiographical texts moved away from exemplary life narratives and toward more unorthodox techniques, such as erotic memoir writing, postmodernist self-fragmentation, cinematographic self-projection, and autobiographical blogosphere. The book argues that the Arabic autobiographical genre has evolved into a mobile, unrestricted category arming authors with narrative tools to articulate their selfhood.

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