Dress as a Marker of Identity Construction in Arab Women’s Literature from the Diaspora

This paper argues that dress is not a mere choice an individual makes; rather, it metonymizes almost every aspect of one’s identity. Through a critical analysis of Arab British novelists Fadia Faqir’s (2014) Willow Trees Don’t Weep and Leila Aboulela’s (2010) Lyrics Alley, the paper accentuates the...

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Main Author: Amani Abu Joudeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2019-04-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum: Language and Culture
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/42346