Assignment #1: Memoir of a Middle Eastern / North African Woman
For this assignment you have been asked to read and then report on a Middle Eastern memoir assigned by Dr. Freidenreich. In other words, you must choose from a bibliography of memoirs carefully and critically selected (or vetted) by the professor.
Good researchers learn how to evaluate sources, selecting out only those which are relevant and useful to the historical questions under consideration. This is exactly what your professor has done in choosing these particular memoirs for your assignment. Compiling such a list is not an easy task. You will have the opportunity to create an annotated bibliography for Assignment #3.
Click book title to see bibliographic record in the Diamond catalog. Click book jacket to view record on Amazon. Except where noted, these books are not available full-text online.
So Long a Letter - Mariama Bâ ; translated from the French by Modupé Bodé-Thomas
Call Number: PQ3989.2.B23S513 1989
ISBN/ISSN: 0435905554
Highly recommended by professor Freidenreich; also available at Temple Ambler bookstore. Note Google Preview button in Diamond for online access to part of this book!
Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl - as told to Virgina Lee Barnes and Janice Boddy
Call Number: CT2208.A43B37 1995
ISBN/ISSN: 0679762094
Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village - Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Call Number: DS70.7.F4 1969
ISBN/ISSN: 0385014856
Women of Deh Koh: Lives In an Iranian Village - Erika Friedl
Call Number: HQ1735.2.F75 1989
ISBN/ISSN: 0140149937
Highly recommended by the professor; also available at Temple Ambler bookstore
Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood - Fatima Mernissi
Call Number: CT2678.M47A3 1994
ISBN/ISSN: 0201626497
The author's personal narrative of growing up in a "Harem" in mid-20th century Morocco. You might wish to read a rather lengthy review of the book in Edebiyat: Journal of Middle Eastern Literatures, 11(1), 85-104, if you are thinking about reading this title for your report.
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia - by Jean Sasson
Call Number: HQ1729.5.S27 1992
ISBN/ISSN: 0967673747
Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist, 1879-1924 - by Huda Shaarawi ; translated, edited, and introduced by Margot Badran
Call Number: HQ1729.5.S27 1992
ISBN/ISSN: 0935312706
Baba of Karo: A Woman of the Muslim Hausa - Mary F. Smith ; introduction and notes by M.G. Smith ; foreword by Hilda Kuper
Call Number: DT515.45.H38B323 1981
ISBN/ISSN: 0300027419
The original, 1955 edition is available for check-out from the Paley Stacks. The updated 1981 printing, with new notes and forward, is available for library use only in the Blockson Library, Sullivan Hall (Main Campus).
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