Reading Arab women's autobiographies : Shahrazad tells her story /

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The author applies a number of Western critical theories to Arab women's autobiographical works, including Marxism, feminism, colonial discourse & narrative theory, & at the same time interrogates these theories against chosen texts to test their adequacy for analysis of writings from o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Golley, Nawar Al-Hassan, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2003.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Women > Arab countries > Biography.
Autobiography > Women authors.
Feminists > Arab countries > Biography.
Feminists > Egypt > Biography.
Écrits de femmes autobiographiques.
Féministes > États arabes > Biographies.
Féministes > Égypte > Biographies.
Femmes > États arabes > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Middle Eastern.
Autobiography > Women authors
Feminists
Women
Frauenliteratur
Autobiografieën.
Vrouwen.
Arab countries
Egypt
Arabisch.
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Political theory : colonial discourse, feminist theory, and Arab feminism
  • Why 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.

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