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Reading Arab women's autobiographies : Shahrazad tells her story Nawar Al-Hassan Golley. electronic resource

By: Golley, Nawar Al-Hassan | ebrary, IncMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Austin, Tex. University of Texas Press 2003Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 236 p. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Feminists - Arab countries - Biography | Women - Arab countries - Biography | Autobiography - Women authors | Feminists - Egypt - BiographyDDC classification: 920.72/089/927 Online access: Open e-book (Ruskin students only)
Contents:
Political theory : colonial discourse, feminist theory, and Arab feminism -- Why colonial discourse? -- Feminism, nationalism, and colonialism in the Arab world -- Huda Shaarawi's Harem years : the memoirs of an Egyptian feminist -- Narrative theory : autobiography -- Autobiography and sexual difference -- Arab autobiography : a historical survey -- Analysis of texts -- Anthologies -- Fadwa Tuqan's Mountainous journey, difficult journey -- Nawal el-Saadawi -- The literary and the political.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Political theory : colonial discourse, feminist theory, and Arab feminism -- Why colonial discourse? -- Feminism, nationalism, and colonialism in the Arab world -- Huda Shaarawi's Harem years : the memoirs of an Egyptian feminist -- Narrative theory : autobiography -- Autobiography and sexual difference -- Arab autobiography : a historical survey -- Analysis of texts -- Anthologies -- Fadwa Tuqan's Mountainous journey, difficult journey -- Nawal el-Saadawi -- The literary and the political.

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