Women, Writing and the Iraqi Ba'thist State : Contending Discourses of Resistance and Collaboration, 1968-2003 EPUB
by Hawraa Al-Hassan
Part of the Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature series
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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.
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- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:04/09/2020
- ISBN:9781474441780
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- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
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