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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455715303321

Autore

Golley Nawar Al-Hassan <1961->

Titolo

Reading Arab women's autobiographies [[electronic resource] ] : Shahrazad tells her story / / Nawar Al-Hassan Golley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, Tex., : University of Texas Press, 2003

ISBN

0-292-79886-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

920.72/089/927

Soggetti

Autobiography - Women authors

Feminists - Arab countries

Feminists - Egypt

Women - Arab countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.