Gender, Nation, and the Arabic Novel

Egypt, 1892-2008

Bibliographic Data

ID23166455
AuthorsHoda Elsadda (corresponding author), Hoda El Sadda
Year2012
Publication date2012-07-18
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueGender, Nation, and the Arabic Novel (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherEdinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1515/9780748669189
OpenAlexW4239652942
Open LibraryOL37157229M
ISBN9780748669189
LanguageEN
Citations received17

A nuanced understanding of literary imaginings of masculinity and femininity in the Egyptian novel Gender studies in Arabic literature have become equated with women's writing, leaving aside the possibility of a radical rethinking of the Arabic literary canon and Arab cultural history. While the 'woman question' in the Arabic novel has received considerable attention, the 'male question' has gone largely unnoticed. Now, Hoda Elsadda bucks that trend. Foregrounding voices that have been marginalised alongside canonical works, she engages with new directions in the novel tradition. Sheds new light on key debates, including: The project of nation-building in the modern period The process of inclusion and exclusion in canon formation The geopolitics of definitions of national or cultural identity in the global world The conceptual discourses on gender and nation The meaning of national identity in a global context

Aesthetics · Art · Context (archaeology) · Femininity · Foregrounding · Identity (music) · Literature · Masculinity · National identity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Socioeconomic Development in MENA · 20th century · 21st century · Arabic fiction · Education · Egypt · Femininity in literature · History and criticism · Masculinity in literature · Middle Eastern literature · Middle eastern literature, history and criticism · Nationalism in literature · Politics in literature · Women in literature

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