Marilyn Booth
Marilyn BoothUniversity of Oxford Arab/ic Intellectual History, Gender History, Translation Studies Statement: Refinenement and reading: Arabic conduct pedagogy, 1860s-1920s focuses on overlapping genres (etiquette manuals, school-texts, marriage treatises, novels) in Arabic, produced mostly in Egypt. What are their gender-modulated visions for forming a modern polity, in the context of anxiety discourses over the reading and leisure habits of the young? While at IAS: Office: B-100 Phone: 609-734-8340 Member in Residence for: First Term |
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