TY - BOOK AU - Al-Hassan Golley,Nawar TI - Reading Arab Women's Autobiographies: Shahrazad Tells Her Story SN - 9780292798861 AV - CT3748 U1 - 920.72/089/927 PY - 2003/// CY - Austin PB - University of Texas Press KW - Autobiography-Women authors KW - Feminists-Arab countries-Biography KW - Feminists-Egypt-Biography KW - Women-Arab countries-Biography KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: POLITICAL THEORY: Colonial Discourse, Feminist Theory, and Arab Feminism -- Chapter One: Why Colonial Discourse? -- Chapter Two: Feminism, Nationalism, and Colonialism in the Arab World -- Chapter Three: Huda Shaarawi's Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist -- PART TWO: NARRATIVE THEORY: Autobiography -- Chapter Four: Autobiography and Sexual Difference -- Chapter Five: Arab Autobiography: A Historical Survey -- PART THREE: ANALYSIS OF TEXTS -- Chapter Six: Anthologies -- Chapter Seven: Fadwa Tuqan's Mountainous Journey, Difficult Journey -- Chapter Eight: Nawal el-Saadawi -- CONCLUSION: The Literary and the Political -- Appendix: Translation of the Introduction to the Arabic Edition of Memoirs from the Women's Prison by Nawal el-Saadawi -- NOTES -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Why Colonial Discourse? -- Chapter Two. Feminism, Nationalism, and Colonialism in the Arab World -- Chapter Three. Huda Shaarawi's Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist -- Chapter Four. Autobiography and Sexual Difference -- Chapter Five. Arab Autobiography: A Historical Survey -- Chapter Six. Anthologies -- Chapter Seven. Fadwa Tuqan's Mountainous Journey, Difficult Journey -- Chapter Eight. Nawal el-Saadawi -- Conclusion. The Literary and the Political -- Appendix. Translation of the Introduction to the Arabic Edition of Memoirs from the Women's Prison by Nawal el-Saadawi -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - No detailed description available for "Reading Arab Women's Autobiographies" UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3442992 ER -