Author: | B. Khaldi | ISBN: | 9781137106667 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | December 23, 2012 |
Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
Author: | B. Khaldi |
ISBN: | 9781137106667 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
Publication: | December 23, 2012 |
Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Language: | English |
Through a detailed study of Mayy Ziy?dah's literary salon, Boutheina Khaldi sheds light on salon and epistolary culture in early twentieth-century Egypt and its role in Egypt's Nahdah (Awakening). Bringing together history, women's studies, Arabic literature, post-colonial literature, and media studies, she highlights the important and previously little-discussed contribution of Arabic women to the project of modernity.
Through a detailed study of Mayy Ziy?dah's literary salon, Boutheina Khaldi sheds light on salon and epistolary culture in early twentieth-century Egypt and its role in Egypt's Nahdah (Awakening). Bringing together history, women's studies, Arabic literature, post-colonial literature, and media studies, she highlights the important and previously little-discussed contribution of Arabic women to the project of modernity.