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008			191009s2008 xx o ||||0 eng d
020			_a9781281786005 _q(electronic bk.)
020			_z9781859642030
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035			_a(OCoLC)1027153353
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050		4	_aPJ7864.A384
082	0		_a892.7
100	1		_aTamer, Zakaria.
245	1	0	_aBreaking Knees.
264		1	_aReading : _bPerseus Book LLC (Ingram), _c2008.
264		4	_c�2008.
300			_a1 online resource (177 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
520			_aThe first of Zakaria Tamer's collections of stories to be published in English as a complete unit, Breaking Knees is a daring work of art that deals with taboo subjects like religion and sexuality in a frank manner and expresses an urgently felt need for change. The general theme of Breaking Knees is repression: of the individual by the institutions of state and religion and of individuals by each other, particularly women by men. Thus the question of authority - political, social, sexual and religious - forms the thematic core of the book, with (female) sexuality receiving the lion's share of concern. Political authority is manifest in the emphasis in many stories on the machinations of the police state - arbitrary arrest and detention, interrogations, corruption. Social authority expresses itself in the patriarchal cultural order and dominance of religious and cultural institutions and conventions that constrain individual freedom. Many stories stress religious hypocrisy and the unfilled sexual expectations of women. In bringing together religion, politics and sexuality (sometimes all three in the same story), the author is telling us indirectly that these forms of oppression are all connected.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2019. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aMuhawi, Ibrahim.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aTamer, Zakaria _tBreaking Knees: Modern Arabic Short Stories from Syria _dReading : Perseus Book LLC (Ingram),c2008 _z9781859642030
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttp://ezproxy01.ny.edu.hk:2048/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ircp3g4/detail.action?docID=5121641 _zClick to View
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