Egypt Awakening in the Early Twentieth Century Mayy Ziyadah's Intellectual Circles |
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| Author:
| Khaldi, B. |
| Series title: | Middle East Today Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-137-10666-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2012 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $100.00 |
Book Description:
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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.