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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825645203321

Autore

Seymour-Jorn Caroline

Titolo

Cultural criticism in Egyptian women's writing / / Caroline Seymour-Jorn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Syracuse, New York : , : Syracuse University Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-8156-5082-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xli, 182 p. )

Collana

Contemporary Issues in the Middle East

Disciplina

892.7/3099287

Soggetti

Arabic fiction - Egypt - History and criticism

Arabic fiction - Women authors - History and criticism

Arabic fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Women authors, Egyptian - 20th century - Political and social views

Literature and society - Egypt

Women in literature

Sex role in literature

Social problems in literature

Social conflict in literature

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The 1970s writers in context -- Salwa Bakr: the poetics of marginalization -- Ebtihal Salem: journeys into memory and experience -- Nemat El-Behairy: writing transgression -- Radwa Ashour: fiction writing as a history of the subjective -- Etidal Osman: Egyptian women's writing and creativity -- Conclusion.