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Intersections : gender, nation, and community in Arab women's novels / edited by Lisa Suhair Majaj, Paula W. Sunderman, and Therese Saliba.
Series: Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle EastPublication details: Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2002.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxx, 287 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780815629764 (pbk.) :
- 0815629761 (pbk.) :
- Arabic fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
- Arabic fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Women -- Arab countries -- Social conditions
- Feminism and literature -- Arab countries
- Women and literature -- Arab countries
- Gender identity in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Politics in literature
- PJ7525.2 .I55 2002
Contents:
Modernist Arab women writers: a historical overview / Salma Khadra Jayyusi -- Framing Nawal El Saadawi: Arab feminism in a transnational world / Amal Amireh -- Reenvisioning national community in Salwa Bakr's The golden chariot / Magda M. al-Nowaihi -- The sixth day of compassion: the im/possible communities of life toward death / Mary N. Layoun -- Partitions and precedents: Sahar Khalifeh and Palestinian political geography / Barbara Harlow -- A country beyond reach: Liana Badr's Writings of the Palestinian diaspora / Therese Saliba -- Strategic androgyny: passing as masculine in Barakat's The stone of laughter / Mona Fayad -- The fourth language: subaltern expression in Djebar's Fantasia / Nada Elia -- Voice, representation, and resistance: Etel Adnan's Sitt Marie Rose / Lisa Suhair Majaj -- Hanan al-Shaykh's Hikayat Zahra: a counter-narrative and a counter-history / Sabah Ghandour.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | PJ 7525.2 .I55 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5106191 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and index.
Modernist Arab women writers: a historical overview / Salma Khadra Jayyusi -- Framing Nawal El Saadawi: Arab feminism in a transnational world / Amal Amireh -- Reenvisioning national community in Salwa Bakr's The golden chariot / Magda M. al-Nowaihi -- The sixth day of compassion: the im/possible communities of life toward death / Mary N. Layoun -- Partitions and precedents: Sahar Khalifeh and Palestinian political geography / Barbara Harlow -- A country beyond reach: Liana Badr's Writings of the Palestinian diaspora / Therese Saliba -- Strategic androgyny: passing as masculine in Barakat's The stone of laughter / Mona Fayad -- The fourth language: subaltern expression in Djebar's Fantasia / Nada Elia -- Voice, representation, and resistance: Etel Adnan's Sitt Marie Rose / Lisa Suhair Majaj -- Hanan al-Shaykh's Hikayat Zahra: a counter-narrative and a counter-history / Sabah Ghandour.
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