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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810622703321

Autore

Saʻdāwī Nawāl

Titolo

The essential Nawal El Saadawi : a reader / / edited by Adele Newson-Horst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2010

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22311-5

1-84813-902-0

1-282-73864-X

9786612738647

1-84813-336-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Collana

Zed essential feminists

Disciplina

892.78609

Soggetti

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-340) and index.

Nota di contenuto

About Nawal El Saadawi; Timeline; Preface; Introduction: The World of Nawal El Saadawi or Nawal Zaynab; PART ONE Articles, Essays and Nonfictional Prose; 1 -- How to Write and Why; 2 -- How to Fight against the Postmodern Slave System; 3 -- First Trip outside the Homeland; 4 -- Preface to The Hidden Face of Eve; 5 -- Women, Creativity and Dissidence; 6 -- Women and the Poor: The Challenge of Global Justice; 7 -- God Above, Husband Below; 8 -- The House of Desolation; 9 -- The Streetwalker and the Woman Writer; 10 -- Muslim Women in the Market; 11 -- Bodour; 12 -- Writing and Freedom.

13 -- The Three Universal Taboos: Sex, Religion and Politics14 -- Breeding Terror, or An Uncivilized Clash of Civilizations; 15 -- Remapping the World; 16 -- Fear and Writing; 17 -- Obama's Speech in Cairo; PART TWO Fiction and Poetry; 18 -- Death of an Ex-Minister; 19 -- My Ideal Mother; 20 -- A Paper that was Never Presented for Publication; 21 -- Sixteen Short Poems; 22 -- Inspired by the Summit Meeting with the Elite; 23 -- The Impact of Fanatic Rel.

Sommario/riassunto

Featuring work never before translated into English, The Essential Nawal El Saadawi gathers together a wide range of Saadawi's writing.



From novellas and short stories to essays on politics, culture, religion and sex; from extensive interviews to her work as a dramatist; from poetry to autobiography, this book is essential for anyone wishing to gain a sense of the breadth of Saadawi's work.