Beautifully eloquent...gripping and illuminating. It''s an
intimate, personal account...Even more compelling that the ups and
downs of Aman''s life is what she manages to unveil about her
society, religion and culture.--Detroit Free Press
＂Most impressive...A remarkable narrative, richly detailed. [Aman]
tells her tale in a voice that belongs not to the present, but to
her rebellious, resilient, courageous, ferociously determined
self.＂--Washington Post Book World
＂A rare feat: a glimpse o
內容簡介：
This is the extraordinary first-person account of a young
woman''s coming of age in Somalia and her struggles against the
obligations and strictures of family and society.By the
time she is nine, Aman has undergone a ritual circumcision
ceremony; at eleven, her innocent romance with a white boy leads to
a murder; at thirteen she is given away in an arranged marriage to
a stranger.Aman eventually runs away to Mogadishu,
where her beauty and rebellious spirit leads her to the decadent
demimonde of white colonialists.Hers is a world in
which women are both chattel and freewheeling entrepreneurs,
subject to the caprices of male relatives, yet keenly aware of the
loopholes that lead to freedom.Aman is an
astonishing history, opening a window onto traditional Somali life
and the universal quest for female
self-awareness.
關於作者：
Aman''s story was originally compiled by Virginia Lee Barnes, an
anthropologist Ph.D., University of Hawaii, and upon her death in
1989, the manuscript was completed by Janice Boddy, distinguished
professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, who added
an introduction placing Aman''s story in its proper historical and
social context.
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