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Woman and cultural discourses
Tebaa 3rd volume
The articles of this volume tickle different cultural
discourses which contribute to forming social images and roles
of both men and women. The first article in this volume includes
a presentation on the importance of the dominant cultural
discourses. It illustrates how discourses in the media,
education, religion and literature form images of men and women
and their social roles. This article attempts to raise awareness
concerning the danger of these discourses and the importance of
working to change them.
The study “Children Literature” discusses literature’s role in
forming fixed images for social roles of men and women. The
study focuses on the idea that there is no difference between an
Egyptian child and a French child when the matter is related to
the social roles of the male or female. In addition, the book’s
“Gendering Discourse/ Gendered Discourse” includes a collection
of literary works from and about the Middle East. This
collection reflects and stresses the women’s image in Middle
East society.
The volume also sheds light on the linguistic cultural discourse
which is represented in the abstract of the book “burying
dictionary: the masculine trend in the Arabic dictionary”. This
book stresses that Arabic language rules sometimes call for
discrimination against women and occasionally, even,
discrimination of men. The article “Women Legend” analyzes some
beliefs concerning women’s beauty, and how these false beliefs
controlled women and marginalize them for many times.
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