Saudi Women Writers : Sociopolitical and Literary Landscapes / Basma A. Al Mutlaq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Al Mutlaq, Basma A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2025]

Summary:

Saudi Women Writers: Sociopolitical and Literary Landscapes details the achievements of Saudi women fiction writers from the 1960s up to the present day. It is an important and unique text which will be of use to both students and scholars of Gender Studies, Literature, Middle Eastern Studies, and Politics.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Woman Issue: Reconciling Western and Local Discourses

Transversality in Women's 'New Texts'

Conceptual and Theoretical Framework

Note On Translation

Notes

1 Saudi Women Writers: Sociopolitical and Literary Landscapes

The Three Phases of Saudi Women's Fiction

The Struggle for Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia

Moral Geographies and the Private Sphere

Arab Khalījī / Saudi Feminism in Women's Fiction

Veiling, Silence and the Anonymous Writer

A Fragmented Memoir: Samira Khashugji - Beyond the Clouds

2 Rethinking the Patriarchal Discourse

The 'Battlefield' Between Nymphs and Queens: Omima Al-Khamis - Sea-Wafted Women

'Mirror, Mirror On the Wall …': Qmasha Al-Olayyan and the 'Ugly Plot' - The Virgin Wife

The Mother, an Agent of the Patriarchy: Badriya Al-Beshir - Hend and the Soldiers

Witchcraft, a Feminist Fantasy of Empowerment: Maha Al-Jahni - The Cloak

3 Feminizing History: The Female as a Repository of Memories

The Androgynous Subject: Raja Alem - Khatem: 'A Faulty Bride'

The Androgynous Subject: Raja Alem - Khatem: History, Myth and Feminism

Jeddah, a Metaphor for a Subjugated Woman: Laila Al-Juhani - Barren Paradise

'The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born': Nora Al-Ghamdi - Compass Direction

4 Narratives of Violence: Communicating Corporeal Anxieties

Contemplating Sacred Values: Laila Al-Juhani - The Days of Ignorance

Subverting Silence: Badriya Al-Beshir - The Swing

Discipline and Punishment: Hana Hejazi - Two Women

5 Travel, Women and the City: The Literature of Encounter

Second Generation Voices

From Riyadh to Toronto - Transcending the Limitations of Cultural Definitions: Omima Al-Khamis - The Leafy Tree.

Paris - A Sliding Door Moment: Zaineb Hefny - Women On the Equator

London - An Alternative Home: Zaineb Hefny - Twisted Legs

The Millennial Revolutionary Writers: Third-Generation Voices

From Alisha Campus to London - 'Lipstick' Feminism: Raja Al-Sanea - Girls of Riyadh

From London to Riyadh - Paradigm Shift: Samar Al-Megrin - Women of Vice

6 Protest and Self-Orientalizing Texts

'Hell Is Other People': Saba Al-Herz - The Others

The Marker of Identity Goes Anonymous: Warda Abdul Malik - The Return

Selectivity in Patriarchal Discourse: Taif Al-Hallaj - The Sacred Marriage

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Al Mutlaq, Basma A. Saudi Women Writers

ISBN:

9781040296455

1040296459

9781003539681

1003539688

9781040296431

1040296432

OCLC:

1464598603