Literature, gender, and nation-building in nineteenth-century Egypt : the life and works of ʿAʾisha Taymur
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Bibliographic Information
Literature, gender, and nation-building in nineteenth-century Egypt : the life and works of ʿAʾisha Taymur
（Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world / edited by Hamid Dabashi）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
1st ed
Available at 2 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-229) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines how the process of nation-building in Egypt helped transform Egypt from an Ottoman province to an Arabic speaking national community. Through the discussion of the life and works of the prominent writer `A'isha Taymur, Hatem gives insight into how literature and the changing gender roles of women and men contributed to the definition and/or development of a sense of community.
Table of Contents
Why Study `A'isha Taymur? * The Changing Islamic-Ottoman World of the Taymur Family * Literature and Nation Building in Nineteenth Century Egypt * The Crisis and Reform of Dynastic Society and Government * From Fiction to Social Criticism * Hilyat al-Tiraz : Hybridity and the Intersection of the Old and the New and Personal and Public Struggles * The Finest of Her Class: Taymur on Literature, Gender and the Nation-Building
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