Format:
Online-Ressource (xv, 236 p)
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0292798865
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9780292798861
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: POLITICAL THEORY: Colonial Discourse, Feminist Theory, and Arab Feminism -- Chapter One: Why Colonial Discourse? -- Chapter Two: Feminism, Nationalism, and Colonialism in the Arab World -- Chapter Three: Huda Shaarawi's Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist -- PART TWO: NARRATIVE THEORY: Autobiography -- Chapter Four: Autobiography and Sexual Difference -- Chapter Five: Arab Autobiography: A Historical Survey -- PART THREE: ANALYSIS OF TEXTS -- Chapter Six: Anthologies -- Chapter Seven: Fadwa Tuqan's Mountainous Journey, Difficult Journey -- Chapter Eight: Nawal el-Saadawi -- CONCLUSION: The Literary and the Political -- Appendix: Translation of the Introduction to the Arabic Edition of Memoirs from the Women's Prison by Nawal el-Saadawi -- NOTES -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Why Colonial Discourse? -- Chapter Two. Feminism, Nationalism, and Colonialism in the Arab World -- Chapter Three. Huda Shaarawi's Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist -- Chapter Four. Autobiography and Sexual Difference -- Chapter Five. Arab Autobiography: A Historical Survey -- Chapter Six. Anthologies -- Chapter Seven. Fadwa Tuqan's Mountainous Journey, Difficult Journey -- Chapter Eight. Nawal el-Saadawi -- Conclusion. The Literary and the Political -- Appendix. Translation of the Introduction to the Arabic Edition of Memoirs from the Women's Prison by Nawal el-Saadawi -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index
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Political theory : colonial discourse, feminist theory, and Arab feminismWhy colonial discourse? -- Feminism, nationalism, and colonialism in the Arab world -- Huda Shaarawi's Harem years : the memoirs of an Egyptian feminist -- Narrative theory : autobiography -- Autobiography and sexual difference -- Arab autobiography : a historical survey -- Analysis of texts -- Anthologies -- Fadwa Tuqan's Mountainous journey, difficult journey -- Nawal el-Saadawi -- The literary and the political.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0292705441
Additional Edition:
ISBN 029270545X
Additional Edition:
Print version Reading Arab women's autobiographies
Language:
English
