Intersections gender, nation, and community in Arab women's novels edited by Lisa Suhair Majaj, Paula W. Sunderman, and Therese Saliba.

By:

Majaj, Lisa Suhair. Sunderman, Paula W. Saliba, Therese

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle EastPublication details: Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2002.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxx, 287 p. : ports. ; 23 cmISBN:

0815629761 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Arabic fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism. Arabic fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Feminism and literature -- Arab countries. Gender identity in literature. Sex role in literature. Politics in literature. Women -- Social conditions -- Arab countries

LOC classification:

PJ 7525.2 .I55 2002

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Oman Library Women's Collection	PJ 7525.2 .I55 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	30347000012980

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and index. 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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