Book

Memory, voice, and identity : Muslim women's writing from across the Middle East

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

Overview

\"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.

• Publisher: Routledge
• Subject: 1900-2099 / Middle Eastern literature Women authors 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. / Littérature moyen-orientale 20e siècle Histoire et critique. / Identité dans la littérature. / Caractéristiques nationales dans la littérature. / Mémoire dans la littérature. / Musulmanes dans la littérature. / Middle Eastern literature.
• ISBN: 9780367569761, 0367569760, 9780367569792, 0367569795

Item info:

1 item available

1 item total in all locations

Holdings :

Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PJ809.M46 2021	1	BOOK	GENERAL