Ahmed, Satrapi/Growing up Female in the Islamic World

Abstract: A 9 page analysis of 2 books that offer coming of age narratives of 2 authors who grew up in Islamic cultures. Leila Ahmed in A Border Passage and Marjane Satrapi in Persepolis offer their readers autobiographical narratives that examine the complex and intertwined relationships between imperialism, gender and Islam. Examination of these two autobiographies offers Western readers insight into the complex political, social and religious factors that affected both women in regards to gender and identity during their formative years. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Subcatagory: Biographies

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