| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 282 pages) |
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Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ; 23 |
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Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ; 23.
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| Contents |
Introduction: inscribing violence: dissident contexts in Arab women's writings from North Africa and the diaspora -- Violence and war: the Algerian war story -- Contesting violence and imposed silence: the creative dissidence of contemporary Francophone Algerian women writers -- Violence and social/sexual oppression -- Sexual violence and testimony: the language of pain in Aïcha Ech-Channa's Miseria: témoignages -- Gendering the Straits: border violence in Laila Lalami's Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits and Lamiae El Amrani's Tormenta de especias (A Torrent of Spices) -- Writing from the banlieue: identity, contested citizenship and gender ideologies in Faïza Guène's Kiffe-kiffe demain -- Staging violence in North African women's theatre: Jalila Baccar (Tunisia) and Laila Soliman (Egypt) -- Madness as political dissent in Jalila Baccar's Junun: scene one, Tunis -- The darker side of Tahrir in Laila Soliman's No Time for Art and Blue Bra Day: scene two, Tahrir Square, Cairo -- Conclusion: dissident reflections: an anti-conclusion |
| Summary |
Dissident Writings of Arab Women: Voices Against Violence analyzes the links between creative dissidence and inscriptions of violence in the writings of a selected group of postcolonial Arab women. The female authors destabilize essentialist framings of Arab identity through a series of reflective interrogations and "contesting" literary genres that include novels, short stories, poetry, docudramas, interviews and testimonials. Rejecting a purist "literature for literature's sake" ethic, they embrace a dissident poetics of feminist critique and creative resistance as they engage |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-276) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women, Arab.
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Dissenters -- Arab countries
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Muslim women authors -- Arab countries
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Social justice.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Dissenters
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Muslim women authors
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Social justice
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Women, Arab
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Arab countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mehta, Brinda J., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781317911050 |
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1317911059 |
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9781317911067 |
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1317911067 |
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