Women, Writing and the Iraqi Ba‘thist State : : Contending Discourses of Resistance and Collaboration, 1968-2003 / / Hawraa Al-Hassan.
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 Sadda...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature : ESMAL
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 13 B/W illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- 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