Cultural criticism in Egyptian women's writing /

Seymour-Jorn, Caroline,

Cultural criticism in Egyptian women's writing / Caroline Seymour-Jorn. - First edition. - xli, 182 pages ; 22 cm. - Contemporary issues in the Middle East .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The 1970s writers in context -- Salwa Bakr: the poetics of marginalization -- Ebtihal Salem: journeys into memory and experience -- Nemat El-Behairy: writing transgression -- Radwa Ashour: fiction writing as a history of the subjective -- Etidal Osman: Egyptian women's writing and creativity -- Conclusion.

081563286X 9780815632863 (cloth : alk. paper)


Arabic fiction--History and criticism.--Egypt
Arabic fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
Arabic fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Women authors, Egyptian--Political and social views.--20th century
Literature and society--Egypt.
Women in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Social problems in literature.
Social conflict in literature.





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