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Gender, Nation and the Arabic Novel: Egypt 1892-2008
Author(s): Hoda Elsadda (Author)
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date: 18 July 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 304 pages
- ISBN-10: 0748639268
- ISBN-13: 9780748639267
Book Description
Gender studies in Arabic literature have become equated with women’s writing, leaving aside the possibility of a radical rethinking of the Arabic literary canon and Arab cultural history. While the ‘woman question’ in the Arabic novel has received considerable attention, the ‘male question’ has gone largely unnoticed. Now, Hoda Elsadda bucks that trend. Foregrounding voices that have been marginalised alongside canonical works, she engages with new directions in the novel tradition.
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About the Author
Hoda Elsadda is Professor of the Study of the Contemporary Arab World at the University of Manchester. She is co-author of ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Women’s Issues’ (The Women and Memory Forum: Cairo, 2002) and ‘Significant Moments in Egyptian Women’s History’ (The National Council for Women: Cairo, 2001).
