Intersections : gender, nation, and community in Arab women's novels / edited by Lisa Suhair Majaj, Paula W. Sunderman, and Therese Saliba.

Other author Majaj, Lisa Suhair.
Other author Sunderman, Paula W.
Other author Saliba, Therese.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoSyracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2002.
Descriptionxxx, 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Arabic fiction--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Arabic fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
Feminism and literature--Arab countries.
Gender identity in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Politics in literature.
Women--Social conditions. --Arab countries.

SeriesGender, culture, and politics in the Middle East
Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East. ^A407607
Contents Modernist Arab women writers: a historical overview / Salma Khadra Jayyusi -- Framing Nawal El Saadawi: Arab feminism in a transnational world / Amal Amireh -- Reenvisioning national community in Salwa Bakr's The golden chariot / Magda M. al-Nowaihi -- The sixth day of compassion: the im/possible communities of life toward death / Mary N. Layoun -- Partitions and precedents: Sahar Khalifeh and Palestinian political geography / Barbara Harlow -- A country beyond reach: Liana Badr's Writings of the Palestinian diaspora / Therese Saliba -- Strategic androgyny: passing as masculine in Barakat's The stone of laughter / Mona Fayad -- The fourth language: subaltern expression in Djebar's Fantasia / Nada Elia -- Voice, representation, and resistance: Etel Adnan's Sitt Marie Rose / Lisa Suhair Majaj -- Hanan al-Shaykh's Hikayat Zahra: a counter-narrative and a counter-history / Sabah Ghandour.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and index.
LCCN 2002011956
ISBN0815629516
ISBN0815629761 (pbk.)

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