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Behind Closed Doors: Women's Oral Narratives in Tunis

Behind Closed Doors: Women's Oral Narratives in Tunis Paperback / softback - 1996

by Monia Hejaiej

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Paperback / softback. New. Tunis has a long history of city life reaching back to ancient times. The Arabic language is firmly rooted among its inhabitants and most embrace the morals and culture of Islam. Behind Closed Doors presents forty-seven tales told by three Beldi women, members of a historic and highly civilized community, the city's traditional elite.
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  • Title Behind Closed Doors: Women's Oral Narratives in Tunis
  • Author Monia Hejaiej
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition 1st American Edi
  • Condition New
  • Pages 392
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rutgers University Press, New Jersey
  • Date 1996-08-01
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780813523774
  • ISBN 9780813523774 / 081352377X
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.48 x 5.4 x 1.04 in (21.54 x 13.72 x 2.64 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Tales - Tunisia - Tunis, Women - Tunisia - Tunis - Folklore
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96022919
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.209

About the author

MONIA HEJAIEJ has written an eloquent introduction to the volume, providing an overview of the history and culture of Tunis and insights into the reading of the tales. She was born in 1957 in Tunis and obtained her doctorate at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Now, she teaches literature at the University of Tunis.