ISBN:
0203011708
Language:
English
Pages:
xxix, 175 p
,
23 cm
DDC:
305.486971
Keywords:
Muslim women History
;
20th century
;
Arab countries
;
Muslim women Intellectual life
;
20th century
;
Arab countries
;
Feminism History
;
20th century
;
Arab countries
;
Feminism in literature
;
Musulmanes Histoire
;
20e siècle
;
États arabes
;
Musulmanes Vie intellectuelle
;
20e siècle
;
États arabes
;
Féminisme Histoire
;
20e siècle
;
États arabes
;
Féminisme dans la littérature
;
Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Arab women's literary history. Critical response ; The Gulf War story ; Gendering the Gulf War story ; The Iraqi version ; Migrating stories ; Conclusion -- In search of mother tongues. Assia Djebar's prisonhouse ; Albert Memmi's struggles with his mother ; Abdelkebir Khatibi's bi-langue ; Jacques Derrida : "Le petit juif français d'Algérie" ; Conclusion -- Reviewing beginnings. Islamic feminism ; Assia Djebar ; Fatima Mernissi ; Nawal El Saadawi ; Conclusion -- A Muslim sister. Zaynab al-Ghazali's Muslim Ladies' Association ; Survival in hell ; Signs taken for wonders ; An Islamic feminist mission ; Conclusion -- Multiple critique. Critical networking ; Imageness ; The weight of the veil ; Conclusion -- Changing the subject. Academic politics
Note:
Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2005
