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Dissident Writings of Arab Women: Voices Against Violence

Dissident Writings of Arab Women: Voices Against Violence

Mehta, Brinda J.

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies, Book 23

Literary CriticismGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0415730449
ISBN13: 9780415730440
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 10 2014
Pages: 282
Weight: 1.40
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

Dissident Writings of Arab Women: Voices Against Violence analyzes the links between creative dissidence and inscriptions of violence in the writings of a selected group of postcolonial Arab women.

The female authors destabilize essentialist framings of Arab identity through a series of reflective interrogations and contesting literary genres that include novels, short stories, poetry, docudramas, interviews and testimonials. Rejecting a purist literature for literature's sake ethic, they embrace a dissident poetics of feminist critique and creative resistance as they engage in multiple and intergenerational border crossings in terms of geography, subject matter, language and transnationality. This book thus examines the ways in which the women's writings provide the blueprint for social justice by voicing protest and stimulating critical thought, particularly in instances of social oppression, structural violence, and political transition.

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