Feminist voices in Saudi folk tales
Analysis of three folk tales retold by Abdulkareem al-Juhayman
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10279149 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hailah Abdullah Al-Khalaf (Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 374-385 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-06 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00263206.2018.1520101 |
| OpenAlex | W2907137742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article explores whether Saudi Arabian society has propagated feminism through folk tales. Unregulated by societal standards, folk tales are an alternative structure. Since folk tales are children's entertainment and passed along orally, they are not as regulated as written literature. Academic feminists have brought folk tales to light, but this field is relatively unexplored. Female narrators mostly told such folk tales to young and/or female audiences. Additionally, folk tales have highlighted certain social issues; Saudi tales are no exception. This work studies the seeds of feminism in Saudi folk tales with strong female protagonists. This article uses feminist content analysis and focuses on three folk tales from the Arabian Peninsula, first assessing their effectiveness as vehicles of complex ideas by assessing children's reactions to them. Next, the study analyzes instances of patriarchal dominance, gender and sex concepts, and feminist coding
Art · Dominance (genetics · Feminism · Folk culture · Literature · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · History · Islamic Studies and History · Socioeconomic Development in MENA
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |