Gender and Sexuality Discourse in the Middle East

Catalog description

Offers a survey of Middle Eastern women's literary work that reflects various themes related to the representations of gender and sexuality. Explores writing discourse about sexuality and examines correlations between female narratives about sexuality and feminist movements, and political liberation movements. Pays special attention to the new waves of female writing inspired by ongoing Middle Eastern political uprisings such as the Iranian Revolution and the Arab Spring. Explores different genres including autobiographies, short stories, novels, and cinematic production. Selective literary texts include leading 20th-century female writers whose works in translation represent a wide range of geographical, ideological and cultural influences. Featured writers include Rajaa al Sania, Latifa Zayyat, Radwa Ashur, Hanan al-Shaykh, Nawal Al Sadawi and others.