Metaphors Arab Women Live By

The scholarship of metaphor as an analytical concept in the study of Arab society, in general, and Arab women, in particular, is woefully scarce. Based on ethnographic research in Egypt and United Arab Emirates, this paper discusses how culturally shared metaphors used by Arab women in their everyda...

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Main Author: El-Aswad, el-Sayed 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Hawwa
Year: 2014, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-48
Further subjects:B Arab Women gender metaphor symbolism Egypt Emirates
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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