Egypt Awakening in the Early Twentieth Century : Mayy Ziyadahs Intellectual Circles

English

Series: Middle East Today Ser.

ISBN: 0230340865

EAN: 9780230340862

Category: Social Science / Sociology / General/Literary Criticism / Middle Eastern/Social Science / Women'S Studies/Literary Criticism / General/

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release Date: 08/31/2012

Synopsis: Through a detailed study of Mayy Ziyadahs literary salon, Boutheina Khaldi sheds light on salon and epistolary culture in early twentieth-century Egypt and its role in Egypts Nahdah (Awakening). Bringing together history, womens studies, Arabic literature, post-colonial literature, and media studies, she highlights the important and previously little-discussed contribution of Arab women to the project of modernity.

Egypt Awakening in the Early Twentieth Century : Mayy Ziyadahs Intellectual Circles

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.76 inches

Width: 5.67 inches

Length: 10.39 inches

Weight: 16.05 oz

Pages: 248