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Title:

Memory, voice, and identity : Muslim women's writing from across the Middle East / edited by Feroza Jussawalla and Doaa Omran.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xvi, 260 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Middle Eastern literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Middle Eastern literature--Muslim authors--History and criticism.
Middle Eastern literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Middle Eastern literature--21th century--History and criticism.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
National characteristics in literature.
Memory in literature.
Muslim women in literature.

Other Authors:

Jussawalla, Feroza F., 1953- editor.
Omran, Doaa, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"Muslim women have been stereotyped by Western academia as oppressed and voiceless. This volume problematizes this Western academic representation. Muslim Women Writers from the Middle East from Out al-Kouloub al-Dimerdashiyyah (1899-1968) and Latifa al-Zayat (1923-1996) from Egypt, to current diasporic writers such as Tamara Chalabi from Iraq, Mohja Kahf from Syria, and even trendy writers such as Alexandra Chreiteh, challenge the received notion of Middle Eastern women as subjugated and secluded. The younger largely Muslim women scholars collected in this book present cutting edge theoretical perspectives on these Muslim women writers. This book includes essays from the conflict-ridden countries such as Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, and the resultant diaspora. The strengths of Muslim women writers are captured by the scholars included herein. The approach is feminist, post-colonial, and disruptive of Western stereotypical academic tropes"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Routledge studies in twentieth century literature

ISBN:

0367569760
9780367569761

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1224583303

LCCN:

2020046668

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)