The career and communities of Zaynab Fawwaz : feminist thinking in fin-de-siècle Egypt /

Zaynab Fawwaz (d. 1914) emerged from an obscure childhood in the Shi'I community of Jabal 'Amil (now Lebanon) to become a recognised writer on women's and girls' aspirations and rights in 1890s Egypt. This book insists on the centrality of gender as a marker of social difference...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Booth, Marilyn
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Zaynab Fawwaz (d. 1914) emerged from an obscure childhood in the Shi'I community of Jabal 'Amil (now Lebanon) to become a recognised writer on women's and girls' aspirations and rights in 1890s Egypt. This book insists on the centrality of gender as a marker of social difference to the Arabic knowledge movement then, or Nahda. Fawwaz published essays and engaged in debates in the Egyptian and Ottoman-Arabic press, published two novels, and the first play known to have been composed in Arabic by a female writer. This book assesses her unusual life history and political engagements, including her work late in life as an informant for the Egyptian khedive.
Umfang:
1 online resource (624 pages).
Anmerkungen:
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-193855-6
0-19-266133-7
Schlagworte:
Fawwāz, Zaynab, > 1859 or 1860-1914 > Criticism and interpretation.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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