Classes of ladies of cloistered spaces : writing feminist history through biography in fin-de-siècle Egypt
Zaynab Fawwaz (c.1860-1914) was a forceful voice in support of women's rights to education and work choices in colonial-era Egypt. This book explores the writing and influence of her landmark piece al-Durr al-manthur fi tabaqat rabbat al-khudur †" the first Arabic-language global biographi...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,
2015
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| Schlagworte: | Feminism Muslim women |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (473 p) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Zaynab Fawwaz (c.1860-1914) was a forceful voice in support of women's rights to education and work choices in colonial-era Egypt. This book explores the writing and influence of her landmark piece al-Durr al-manthur fi tabaqat rabbat al-khudur †" the first Arabic-language global biographical dictionary of women 1 Pearls Scattered: An Introduction -- II A Women's World History, in the World of Arabic Letters: A Reader's View -- III Founding Mothers, Speaking Sisters: Lineaments of Community in History -- IV Writerly Pursuits: A Compiler's Archive -- V A Beckoning Compass, Circulating Lives: The Bustani Encyclopedia and Other Nineteenth-century Sources -- VI Interlocutors? Men Authoring Women's History in the 1890s -- VII Framing a History of the Present:or, Did the Pearls Scatter to the World's Fair? VIII Violent Romances: The Bodily Drama of Patriarchal Trauma -- Appendix I: Translations -- Appendix II: List of Fawwaz's Pearls -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (473 p) |
| ISBN: | 9780748694860 0748694862 9780748694877 0748694870 |