LEADER 03692nam 22006614a 450 001 9910780333103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79886-5 024 7 $a10.7560/705449 035 $a(CKB)111090425016184 035 $a(OCoLC)568018157 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10172725 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000232941 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11206477 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232941 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10215052 035 $a(PQKB)11634164 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2064 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442992 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10172725 035 $a(OCoLC)55670348 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442992 035 $a(DE-B1597)586693 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292798861 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111090425016184 100 $a20030512d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReading Arab women's autobiographies$b[electronic resource] $eShahrazad tells her story /$fNawar Al-Hassan Golley 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin, Tex. $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70544-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index. 327 $aPolitical 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. 330 $aAuthors of autobiographies are always engaged in creating a "self" to present to their readers. This process of self-creation raises a number of intriguing questions: why and how does anyone choose to present herself or himself in an autobiography? Do women and men represent themselves in different ways and, if so, why? How do differences in culture affect the writing of autobiography in various parts of the world? This book tackles these questions through a close examination of Arab women's autobiographical writings. Nawar Al-Hassan Golley applies a variety of western critical theories, including Marxism, colonial discourse, feminism, and narrative theory, to the autobiographies of Huda Shaarawi, Fadwa Tuqan, Nawal el-Saadawi, and others to demonstrate what these critical methodologies can reveal about Arab women's writing. At the same time, she also interrogates these theories against the chosen texts to see how adequate or appropriate these models are for analyzing texts from other cultures. This two-fold investigation sheds important new light on how the writers or editors of Arab women's autobiographies have written, documented, presented, and organized their texts. 606 $aAutobiography$xWomen authors 606 $aFeminists$zArab countries$vBiography 606 $aFeminists$zEgypt$vBiography 606 $aWomen$zArab countries$vBiography 615 0$aAutobiography$xWomen authors. 615 0$aFeminists 615 0$aFeminists 615 0$aWomen 676 $a920.72/089/927 700 $aGolley$b Nawar Al-Hassan$f1961-$01568518 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780333103321 996 $aReading Arab women's autobiographies$93840700 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$41.25$u12/31/2019$5Eng