Reading Arab Women's Autobiographies : : Shahrazad Tells Her Story / / Nawar Al-Hassan Golley.
Authors of autobiographies are always engaged in creating a "self" to present to their readers. This process of self-creation raises a number of intriguing questions: why and how does anyone choose to present herself or himself in an autobiography? Do women and men represent themselves in...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE POLITICAL THEORY Colonial Discourse, Feminist Theory, and Arab Feminism
- CHAPTER ONE Why Colonial Discourse?
- CHAPTER TWO Feminism, Nationalism, and Colonialism in the Arab World
- CHAPTER THREE Huda Shaarawi’s Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist
- PART TWO NARRATIVE THEORY: Autobiography
- CHAPTER FOUR Autobiography and Sexual Difference
- CHAPTER FIVE Arab Autobiography: A Historical Survey
- PART THREE ANALYSIS OF TEXTS
- CHAPTER SIX Anthologies
- CHAPTER SEVEN Fadwa Tuqan’s Mountainous Journey, Difficult Journey
- CHAPTER EIGHT Nawal el-Saadawi
- CONCLUSION The Literary and the Political
- APPENDIX Translation of the Introduction to the Arabic Edition of Memoirs from the Women’s Prison by Nawal el-Saadawi
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX