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Collected in this anthology are texts by intellectuals, writers, clergy, and political figures that deal with authority, social norms, conventions and practices both secular and religious, gender roles, class, travel, and technology. Presented in the original Arabic and in English translation, they will be of interest of students of Arabic language and culture, history, cultural studies, gender studies, and other disciplines.

Don Catrin de la Fachenda, here translated into English for the first time, is a picaresque novel by the Mexican writer Jose Joaquin Fernandez de Lizardi (1776-1827), best known as the author of El periquillo sarniento (The Itching Parrot), often called the first Latin American novel.

Don Catrin de la Fachenda, here translated into English for the first time, is a picaresque novel by the Mexican writer Jose Joaquin Fernandez de Lizardi (1776-1827), best known as the author of El periquillo sarniento (The Itching Parrot), often called the first Latin American novel.