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The essential Nawal El Saadawi : a reader / edited by Adele Newson-Horst.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saʻdāwī, Nawāl.
- Series:
- Zed essential feminists.
- Zed essential feminists
- Standardized Title:
- Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Saʻdāwī, Nawāl--Translations into English.
- Saʻdāwī, Nawāl.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (366 p.)
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Zed Books, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Featuring work never before translated into English, The Essential Nawal El Saadawi gathers together a wide range of Saadawi's writing. From novellas and short stories to essays on politics, culture, religion and sex; from extensive interviews to her work as a dramatist; from poetry to autobiography, this book is essential for anyone wishing to gain a sense of the breadth of Saadawi's work.
- Contents:
- About Nawal El Saadawi; Timeline; Preface; Introduction: The World of Nawal El Saadawi or Nawal Zaynab; PART ONE Articles, Essays and Nonfictional Prose; 1
- How to Write and Why; 2
- How to Fight against the Postmodern Slave System; 3
- First Trip outside the Homeland; 4
- Preface to The Hidden Face of Eve; 5
- Women, Creativity and Dissidence; 6
- Women and the Poor: The Challenge of Global Justice; 7
- God Above, Husband Below; 8
- The House of Desolation; 9
- The Streetwalker and the Woman Writer; 10
- Muslim Women in the Market; 11
- Bodour; 12
- Writing and Freedom.
- 13
- The Three Universal Taboos: Sex, Religion and Politics14
- Breeding Terror, or An Uncivilized Clash of Civilizations; 15
- Remapping the World; 16
- Fear and Writing; 17
- Obama's Speech in Cairo; PART TWO Fiction and Poetry; 18
- Death of an Ex-Minister; 19
- My Ideal Mother; 20
- A Paper that was Never Presented for Publication; 21
- Sixteen Short Poems; 22
- Inspired by the Summit Meeting with the Elite; 23
- The Impact of Fanatic Rel.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-340) and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612738647
- 9781350223110
- 1350223115
- 9781848139022
- 1848139020
- 9781282738645
- 128273864X
- 9781848133365
- 1848133367
- OCLC:
- 662259102
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