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The 'other' martyrs : women and the poetics of sexuality, sacrifice, and death in world literatures / edited by Alireza Korangy and Leyla Rouhi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Martyrdom and literature ; v. 1.
- Martyrdom and Literature / Edited by Alireza Korangy ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Martyrdom in literature.
- Women martyrs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (132 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1ST ED.
- Place of Publication:
- Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2019.
- Contents:
- Introduction; An Inadvertent Sacrifice: Body Politics and Sovereign Power in the Pussy Riot Affair; Sacrifice and Self in Everybody Dies But Me; Ultimate Sacrifice: Women and Motherhood in Iranian Visual Culture; "A Mother's Sublime Sacrifice" Canadian Propaganda from World War I and Women's Suffrage; Thekla the Virgin: Women's Sacrifice and the Generic Martyr; From Prostitute to Martyr: Reconstruction of the Female Protagonist in Nodbe by Bahram Beyzai; Orations of Zaynab and Umm Kulthūm in the Aftermath of Husayn's Martyrdom at Karbala: Speaking Truth to Power
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Other' martyrs.
- ISBN:
- 9783447198790
- 3447198796
- Publisher Number:
- 99995144333
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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