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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255235103321

Autore

El Saadawi Nawal

Titolo

Diary of a Child Called Souad / / by Nawal El Saadawi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781137587305

113758730X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VII, 168 p.)

Collana

Giants of Contemporary Arab Literature

Disciplina

892.7/36

Soggetti

Middle Eastern literature

Ethnology - Middle East

Culture

Fiction

Sex

Sociology

Social groups

Middle Eastern Literature

Middle Eastern Culture

Fiction Literature

Gender Studies

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

Diary of a Child Called Souad is Nawal El Saadawi's first autobiography, written at the age of ten in the form of fiction as she explores her early awakening to the world around her. Now known for her bold spirit and probing mind, El Saadawi in this novel uncovers through a child's eyes the hypocritical values and traditions carried on by family, education, religion, and society. With amazing courage she weaves a tale of the fear, guilt, and repressive compliance forced upon her as a woman and upon her generation as the price to be paid for leading a civilized existence. Struggling to come to terms with taboos concerning her



maturing body, the young Nawal's writing reveals the makings of a revolutionary spirit and relentlessly analytical mind. A must read for devotees of El Saadawi's writing to witness an early record of the maturing of her thoughts and the shaping of her ideas.