{"product_id":"reading-arab-womens-autobiographies-shahrazad-tells-her-story-paperback-softback-9780292705456","title":"Reading Arab Women's Autobiographies; Shahrazad Tells Her Story (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292705456","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReading Arab Women's Autobiographies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eShahrazad Tells Her Story\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNawar Al-Hassan Golley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292705456\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 December 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e254 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Authors of autobiographies are always engaged in creating a \"self\" to present to their readers. This process of self-creation raises a number of intriguing questions: why and how does anyone choose to present herself or himself in an autobiography? Do women and men represent themselves in different ways and, if so, why? How do differences in culture affect the writing of autobiography in various parts of the world? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This book tackles these questions through a close examination of Arab women's autobiographical writings. Nawar Al-Hassan Golley applies a variety of western critical theories, including Marxism, colonial discourse, feminism, and narrative theory, to the autobiographies of Huda Shaarawi, Fadwa Tuqan, Nawal el-Saadawi, and others to demonstrate what these critical methodologies can reveal about Arab women's writing. At the same time, she also interrogates these theories against the chosen texts to see how adequate or appropriate these models are for analyzing texts from other cultures. This two-fold investigation sheds important new light on how the writers or editors of Arab women's autobiographies have written, documented, presented, and organized their texts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part One. Political Theory: Colonial Discourse, Feminist Theory, and Arab Feminism \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter One. Why Colonial Discourse? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Two. Feminism, Nationalism, and Colonialism in the Arab World \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Three. Huda Shaarawi's \u003ci\u003eHarem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part Two. Narrative Theory: Autobiography \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Four. Autobiography and Sexual Difference \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Five. Arab Autobiography: A Historical Survey \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part Three. Analysis of Texts \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Six. Anthologies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Seven. Fadwa Tuqan's \u003ci\u003eMountainous journey, Difficult journey\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Eight. Nawal el-Saadawi \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conclusion. The Literary and the Political \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Translation of the Introduction to the Arabic Edition of Memoirs from the Women's Prison by Nawal el-Saadawi \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530851315992,"sku":"9780292705456","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reading-arab-womens-autobiographies-shahrazad-tells-her-story-paperback-softback-9780292705456","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}