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Literature, Gender, and Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Egypt
The Life and Works of `A'isha Taymur
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Literature, Gender, and Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Egypt
The Life and Works of `A'isha Taymur
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This book examines how the process of nation-building in Egypt helped transform Egypt from an Ottoman province to an Arabic speaking national community. Through the discussion of the life and works of the prominent writer `A'isha Taymur, Hatem gives insightinto how literature and the changing gender roles of women and men contributed to the definition and/or development of a sense of community.
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History of ReligionTable of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Note from the Editor
- Foreword
- Introduction: Why Study `Aâisha Taymur?
- 1 The Changing Islamic-Ottoman World of the Taymur Family
- 2 Literature and Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Egypt
- 3 The Crisis and Reform of Islamic Dynastic Government and Society
- 4 From Fiction to Social Criticism
- 5 Hilyat al-Tiraz: Hybridity, the Intersection of the Old and the New, and Private and Public Struggles
- 6 The Finest of Her Class: Taymur on Literature, Gender, and Nation-Building
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index