Women, Writing and the Iraqi Ba‘thist State : : Contending Discourses of Resistance and Collaboration, 1968-2003 / / Hawraa Al-Hassan.
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Al-Hassan, Hawraa, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Women, Writing and the Iraqi Ba‘thist State : Contending Discourses of Resistance and Collaboration, 1968-2003 / Hawraa Al-Hassan. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©2020 1 online resource (264 p.) : 13 B/W illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature : ESMAL Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor’s Foreword -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Introduction: Women, Wars and Weapons: Mapping the Cultural Battlefield of Ba‘thist Iraq -- Part 1 -- 1 History Writing and Canon-making: the Place of Women in Narratives of the Iran–Iraq War -- 2 The Infamous Iraqi Majidat: Chastity, Chivalry and Collective Identity in the Novels of Saddam Hussein -- Part 2 -- 3 Fighting Fire with Fire: the Islamic Novel in Iraq and the Battle for Hearts and Minds -- 4 The National Gets Personal: Autobiographical Writings by Iraqi Women -- Conclusion: Binaries, Bonds and Moving beyond the Ba‘th -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Explores discourses on gender and representations of women in modern Iraqi fictionIncludes marginalised voices in Arabic literary scholarship, such as religious writings by Iraqi Shia womenChallenges canonical views of modern Arabic literature by studying propaganda texts such as the novels of Saddam HusseinArgues for an interdisciplinary interpretation of literary texts as cultural products that must be contextualised in the ‘market’ in which they emerge and are receivedUses the concept of ‘paratexts’ in order to better understand how political works circulate and are marketed to reach a wider audienceRelates to broader regional issues such as national identity and the status of women in Arabic societiesFind out more: watch Hawraa Al-Hassan in conversation with Narguess Farzad, talking about Women, Writing and the Iraqi Ba‘thist StateIn an effort to expand its readership and increase support for its pan-Arab project, the Iraqi Ba‘th almost completely eradicated illiteracy among women. As Iraq was metaphorically transformed into a ‘female’, through its nationalist trope, women writers simultaneously found opportunities and faced obstacles from the state, as the ‘woman question’ became a site of contention between those who would advocate the progressiveness of the Ba‘th and those who would stress its repressiveness and immorality. By exploring discourses on gender in both propaganda and high art fictional writings by Iraqis, this book offers an alternative narrative of the literary and cultural history of Iraq." Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023) Arabic fiction Women authors History and criticism. Arabic fiction 20th century History and criticism. Arabic fiction Iraq History and criticism. Politics and literature Iraq. Sex role in literature. Women in literature. Islamic Studies. LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 9783110780413 print 9781474441759 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474441773 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474441773 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474441773/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor’s Foreword -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Introduction: Women, Wars and Weapons: Mapping the Cultural Battlefield of Ba‘thist Iraq -- Part 1 -- 1 History Writing and Canon-making: the Place of Women in Narratives of the Iran–Iraq War -- 2 The Infamous Iraqi Majidat: Chastity, Chivalry and Collective Identity in the Novels of Saddam Hussein -- Part 2 -- 3 Fighting Fire with Fire: the Islamic Novel in Iraq and the Battle for Hearts and Minds -- 4 The National Gets Personal: Autobiographical Writings by Iraqi Women -- Conclusion: Binaries, Bonds and Moving beyond the Ba‘th -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor’s Foreword -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Introduction: Women, Wars and Weapons: Mapping the Cultural Battlefield of Ba‘thist Iraq -- Part 1 -- 1 History Writing and Canon-making: the Place of Women in Narratives of the Iran–Iraq War -- 2 The Infamous Iraqi Majidat: Chastity, Chivalry and Collective Identity in the Novels of Saddam Hussein -- Part 2 -- 3 Fighting Fire with Fire: the Islamic Novel in Iraq and the Battle for Hearts and Minds -- 4 The National Gets Personal: Autobiographical Writings by Iraqi Women -- Conclusion: Binaries, Bonds and Moving beyond the Ba‘th -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Bibliography -- Index |
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