Gender and Identity in Arab Women's Literature
Ink and Identity
Series: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Arab World;
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 30 April 2026
- ISBN 9781666974249
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages224 pages
- Size 232x152x18 mm
- Weight 460 g
- Language English 700
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Short description:
This volume explores the evolution of Arab women's self-representations in literature, highlighting their resistance to gendered oppression and their reclaiming of agency through writing.
MoreLong description:
Gender and Identity in Arab Women's Literature: Ink and Identity follows the journey of Arab women from being silenced in male-authored texts to finding their voices in fiction, memoir, and theater. Whether writing from the streets, prisons, or within the broader socio-political world, Arab women have carved out spaces for themselves in areas once thought off-limits.
The contributors analyze how these women challenge stereotypes, take back control of their stories, and push back against restrictive gender roles. Through the work of scholars like Foucault and Butler, the book looks at the dynamics of power, identity, and body politics in their writings. It offers a new understanding of how women's voices continue to challenge and transform the narratives around them. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the powerful, ongoing role women play in shaping their own stories in the Middle East.
Table of Contents:
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Diana Obeid and Sonia Lamrani
Chapter 1: Overturning Silence: Kabareh Cheikhats and Dar Nsa-Moroccan Counternarratives on Hshouma and L'hogra
Yasmina Aidi
Chapter 2: Postcolonial Identity Constructions in Ferrudja Kessas' Beur's Story and Fawzia
Zouari's The Second Wife
Patricia Seuchie
Chapter 3: ""I am a Story:"" Intersecting Narratives and Fictional Witness in Samar Yazbek's Planet of Clay and Basma Abdel Aziz's Here Is A Body
Amira Farhani
Chapter 4: The Fla^neuse in the Crossfire: Gender, Testimony, and Resistance in Samar
Yazbak's Diaries of the Syrian Revolution
Sara Ghersallah & Djamel Eddine Guenifi
Chapter 5: Rejection or Internalization? The Persistence of Clich-s in the Image of Arab Women
Sonia Lamrani
Chapter 6: Navigating Unconventional Spaces: The Impact of Colonial Schools on Identity and
Self-Representation in Assia Djebar's L'Amour la fantasia.
Sara Mechkarini
Chapter 7: Rewriting Captivity: Arab Female Prison Discourse
Diana Obeid
Chapter 8: Femininity as a Discourse
Yasmin Abbas
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