Urban Identity in Colonial Tunisia
The Maqāmāt of Salih Suwaysi Al-Qayrawani
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8970622 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kimberly Katz (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 693-712 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743812000827 |
| OpenAlex | W2322576818 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
This article presents a microhistory of an early 20th-century Tunisian intellectual, Salih Suwaysi, within the context of cross-regional (Maghrib–Mashriq) literary and intellectual trends. Analyzing Suwaysi's use of the conventional literary genre of maqāmāt illustrates his deep understanding of the problems caused by France's occupation of Tunisia and highlights the significance of historical and contemporary urban space for the author. Revitalized during the nahḍa period, maqāmāt were employed by writers to address issues and problems facing contemporary society, in contrast to some of the earlier maqāmāt that focused on language and language structure more than on narrative content. Suwaysi followed his eastern Mediterranean, especially Egyptian, contemporaries in turning to this genre to convey his critical commentaries on social, religious, and political life under the French Protectorate in Tunisia
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Economic history · Identity (music · Intellectual history · Literature · Microhistory · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Protectorate · Sociology · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · North African History and Literature · Philosophy
A History of Modern Tunisia
Preparation and evaluation of NGF-microsphere conduits for regeneration of defective nerves
Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798–1939
The Origins of Modern Arabic Fiction
The Arabic Novel
Modern Arabic Literature and the West
The Other Frontiers of Arab Nationalism
The Construction of Salafiyya
Salafi Transformations
Arab nationalism in the twentieth century
Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age
Reconfiguring Islamic Tradition
The city of Qayrawan in the works of Salih Suwaysi
Writing Class
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |