Egypt Awakening in the Early Twentieth Century Mayy Ziyadah’s Intellectual Circles
Description
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.
Keywords
Political ScienceWorldMiddle EasternHistoryMiddle EastSocial ScienceGender StudiesEthnic StudiesMiddle Eastern StudiesModernPolitical IdeologiesAsiaHistory & TheoryAnthropologyCultural & Social
2012Book
Author(s)Buthaynah Khālidī
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780230340862
LanguageEnglish
