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Women in Palestinian Folk Tale

Journal: 
Journal of the Arab American University, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2015
Pages: 
66-91
Abstract: 

This paper examines the wemen are portrayed in the Palestinian folktales. Of special interest are the so-cial spiritual, psychological and sexual portrayal of women in the roles they assume: mother, sister, wife, daughter, daughter-in-law and fellow wife. It also investigates both the negative and positive mythical depictions of women in Palestinian folk tales. Later, the paper draws a comparison between this portrayal and the way women are featured in modern social and psychological science. Inspired by the relevant approaches, particularly the mythical ap-proach, the paper used the descriptive analytical approach.

Keywords: 

Folk tale, women, the image of women, myth.