Arab feminism and Islamic history : the transnational life and work of Lebanese-Syrian writer Widad Sakakini (1913-1991) / by Manfred Sing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sing, Manfred, author.

Series:

Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz ; Bd. 255.

Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz ; Band 255

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism in literature.

Islam in literature.

Sakkakini, Widad--Criticism and interpretation.

Sakkakini, Widad.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

332 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Göttigen : Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, [2022]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Research Questions and State of the Field

2. Problem Statement, Theoretical Approach, and Contents Overview

3. Technical Remarks

I. Biographical Sketch

1. Historical Context

2. The Lifelines of Widad Sakakini

II. Widad Sakakini's Position in the Literary Field

1. Circles of Consecration

2. >>Feminist Criticism<< and >>Women's Literature<<

3. The Transnational Web of Women Interlocutors

4. Summary: The Location of Widad Sakakini's Literature

III. The Narrative Work

1. The Context: The Changing Marriage Market

2. Women as Bodies, Women as Partners

3. Women's Lines of Escape

4. Summary: Man-Hating, Illogical, Ambivalent, Misogynist, or Feminist Plots?

IV. The Debate about the Prophet's Wives

1. The Contexts: The Uses of Early Muslim Women

-Bint al-Shati's Social Position

2. The Controversy between Sakakini and Bint al-Shati'

3. Muhammad's Pleasures and their Intertextual Relations

4. The Images of `A'isha and Fatima

5. Summary: Opposing Ways of Rewriting the Tradition

V. Towards a Gender History of Early Islam?

1. The Context: The Historiography of Early Islam

2. The Consolidation of the Early Muslim Community

3. Interpretation of the Biographies

4. Summary: The Controversy as a Conflict between Secular and Islamic Feminism?

VI. Mobility and Belonging

1. A Transnational Biography

2. Feminism, Secularism, and Islam.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-325) and index.

ISBN:

3525573340

9783525573341

OCLC:

1296416264

Publisher Number:

99990707727