Women, Writing and the Iraqi Ba‘thist State
Contending Discourses of Resistance and Collaboration, 1968-2003
Seiten
2022
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-4176-6 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-4176-6 (ISBN)
Explores discourses on gender and representations of women in modern Iraqi fiction. By exploring discourses on gender in both propaganda and high art fictional writings by Iraqis, this book offers an alternative narrative of the literary and cultural history of Iraq.
In an effort to expand its readership and increase support for its pan-Arab project, the Iraqi Ba‘th almost completely eradicated illiteracy among women. As Iraq was metaphorically transformed into a ‘female’, through its nationalist trope, women writers simultaneously found opportunities and faced obstacles from the state, as the ‘woman question’ became a site of contention between those who would advocate the progressiveness of the Ba‘th and those who would stress its repressiveness and immorality. By exploring discourses on gender in both propaganda and high art fictional writings by Iraqis, this book offers an alternative narrative of the literary and cultural history of Iraq.
In an effort to expand its readership and increase support for its pan-Arab project, the Iraqi Ba‘th almost completely eradicated illiteracy among women. As Iraq was metaphorically transformed into a ‘female’, through its nationalist trope, women writers simultaneously found opportunities and faced obstacles from the state, as the ‘woman question’ became a site of contention between those who would advocate the progressiveness of the Ba‘th and those who would stress its repressiveness and immorality. By exploring discourses on gender in both propaganda and high art fictional writings by Iraqis, this book offers an alternative narrative of the literary and cultural history of Iraq.
Hawraa Al-Hassan is visiting researcher at the Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge. She gained her PhD from the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Professor Yasir Suleiman.
Introduction: Women, Wars and Weapons: Mapping the Cultural Battlefield of Ba‘thist Iraq
Part I
1. History Writing and Canon-making: The Place of Women in Narratives of the Iran Iraq War
2. The Infamous Iraqi Majidat: Chastity, Chivalry and Collective Identity in the Novels of Saddam Hussein
Part II
3. Fighting Fire with Fire: The Islamic Novel in Iraq and the Battle for Hearts and Minds
4. The National Gets Personal: Autobiographical Writings by Iraqi Women
Conclusion: Binaries, Bonds and Moving beyond the Ba‘th
References
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.08.2020 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature |
| Zusatzinfo | 13 black and white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-4176-9 / 1474441769 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-4176-6 / 9781474441766 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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