Introduction Chapter One Modern Selfhood in Justine Ⅰ. Sexuality and Troubled Urban Selfhood in Alexandria Ⅱ. Disintegration of Manhood and Womanhood Ⅲ. Rejuvenation of Daley's Selfhood in the Countryside Chapter Two Postrnodern Seifhood from Justine to Balthazar Ⅰ. Postmodern Self as a Chronotopic Narrator in Justine Ⅱ. The Protean Self in Balthazar Ⅲ. Objectification of Selfhood in Balthazar Chapter Three Postcolonial Selfhood in Mountolive Ⅰ. Mountolive's Diasporic Selthood Ⅱ. Egyptian Elites' Hybridity and Resistance Ⅲ. Narouz's Shamanic Resistance and Sacrifice Chapter Four Coummation of Selfhood in Clea Ⅰ. Self-coummation by Mea of Love and Individuation Ⅱ. Sainthood and Therapeutic Power of the Dead Ⅲ. "Rebirth" of the Living Conclusion Bibliography Acknowledgements