Egypt Awakening in the Early Twentieth Century
Mayy Ziyadah’s Intellectual Circles
Nonfiction, History, Middle East, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International
| 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.
