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Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Syracuse University Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xxx, 287 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Arabic fiction--History and criticism.--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.

Other Authors:

Majaj, Lisa Suhair.
Sunderman, Paula W.
Saliba, Therese.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and index.

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.

Series:

Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East

ISBN:

9780815629764 (pbk.)
0815629761 (pbk.)
9780815629511
0815629516

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50591034

LCCN:

2002011956

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)