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Tunisian womens̀ writing in French : the fight for emancipation : from Ben Ali's rise to power to the eve of the Tunisian Revolution, 1987-2011
- Title
- Tunisian womens̀ writing in French : the fight for emancipation : from Ben Ali's rise to power to the eve of the Tunisian Revolution, 1987-2011 / Sonia Alba.
- Author
- Alba, Sonia
- Publication
- Eastbourne ; Chicago : Sussex Academic Press, 2019.
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Details
- Description
- vi, 206 pages; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Tunisian literature (French)
- Tunisia
- Tunisian literature (French) > 20th century > History and criticism
- Women in literature
- Tunisia > In literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Women and literature > Tunisia
- Politics in literature
- 1900-2099
- Literature
- Tunisian literature (French) > 21st century > History and criticism
- Tunisian literature (French) > Women authors > History and criticism
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [182]-203) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The "Arab world" and the perserverance of stereotypes -- Tunisia: overview -- Why literature and why women's literature? -- On language -- On exile -- On counterpublic theory -- Authorial intention and the defence of anonymity -- Shame and punishment in the autobiographical novel la retournée by Fawzia Zouari and in the novel Leïla ou la femme de l'aube by Sonia Chamkhi -- Biographical information, synopsis of texts and narrative voices -- The protagonists' "retournement" shame 55 -- The protagonists' "retournement" punishment -- The contribution to a subaltern counterpublic in Tunisia by Zouari and Chamkhi -- Not literature, only "almost" literature: essay writing in Une force qui demeure by Hélé Béji and in Les arabes, les femmes, la liberté by Sophie Bessis -- Unsettling the modernity vs. tradition debate -- The challenging of persistent traditional gender norms by Béji and Bessis -- The contribution to a subaltern counterpublic in Tunisia by Béji and Bessis -- The personal is political: old adage, new media. blog writing in a Tunisian girl by Lina ben Mhenni and in Nadia from Tunis by "Nadia" -- Definition of genre: the blog or modern day diary -- The intimate dimension of blog writing -- The political dimension of blog writing -- The contribution to a subaltern counterpublic in Tunisia by Ben Mhenni and Nadia -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-3237
- ISBN
- 9781845199395
- 1845199391
- LCCN
- 2018039891
- OCLC
- 1055570937
- Author
- Alba, Sonia, author.
- Title
- Tunisian womens̀ writing in French : the fight for emancipation : from Ben Ali's rise to power to the eve of the Tunisian Revolution, 1987-2011 / Sonia Alba.
- Publisher
- Eastbourne ; Chicago : Sussex Academic Press, 2019.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [182]-203) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-2099
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-3237