Islam, individualism anddévoilementin the works of Out el Kouloub and Assia Djebar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4748347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jana Evans Braziel (University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 81-101 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13629389908718374 |
| OpenAlex | W1975496396 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
The article interrogates individualism as a Western construct, particularly through an Islamic (and post‐colonial) feminist lens. Using this critical interrogation of individualism, the author analyses Assia Djebar's deconstruction (or devoilement) of autobiography as a Western literary form. It compares Djebar's L'Amour, la fantasia with an earlier autobiographical novel by Out el Kouloub, Ramza, centring her analysis around discussions of language (in this case, le français) and feminist‐nationalist discourses of the veil (hijab
Art · Biography · Colonialism · Construct (python library · Deconstruction (building · Individualism · Interrogation · Islam · Literature · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · History · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · North African History and Literature · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |