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Anxiety of erasure : trauma, authorship, and the diaspora in Arab women's writings / Hanadi Al-Samman.

Van Pelt Library PJ8502 .A47 2015
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Al-Samman, Hanadi, author.
Series:
Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Arabic literature--America--History and criticism.
Arabic literature.
Arabic literature--Europe--History and criticism.
Arabic literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
Arabic literature--Women authors.
Autobiographical fiction, Arabic--History and criticism.
Autobiographical fiction, Arabic.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Liberty in literature.
Emigration and immigration in literature.
Women in literature.
Culture in literature.
America.
Europe.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:
xi, 294 pages ; 24 cm.
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, [2015]
Contents:
Introduction: Al-Maw'udah/Shahrazad, icons of erasure and revolutionary resurrection
Arab women and the experience of diaspora
Anxiety of erasure: Arab women's authorship as trauma
Mosaic autobiography: Ghada Samman's The impossible novel and Hanan Al-Shaykh's The locust and the bird
Diasporic haunting: Ghada Samman's The square moon and A masquerade for the dead
Transforming nationhood from within the minefield: Hamida Na'na''s The homeland
Paradigms of disease and domination: Hoda Barakat's The tiller of waters, Disciples of passion, The stone of laughter, and My master and my lover
Border crossings: cultural collisions and reconciliation: Hanan Al-Shaykh's Only in London
Unearthing the archives, inscribing unspeakable secrets: Salwa Al-Neimi's The proof of the honey, The book of secrets, and poetry collections
Postscript: from trauma to triumph: Samar Yazbek's A woman in the crossfire: diaries of the Syrian Revolution.
Notes:
"Covers [Arabic] literature produced by women writers in Europe and in North and South America from 1920 to 2011"--Introduction.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780815634027
0815634021
9780815653295
0815653298
OCLC:
910530483

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