Gender, Nation, and the Arabic Novel: Egypt, 1892-2008 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781399564984)

Gender studies in Arabic literature has become equated with women's writing, leaving aside the possibility of a radical rethinking of the Arabic literary canon and Arab cultural history. While the 'woman question' in the Arabic novel has received considerable attention, the 'male question' has gone largely unnoticed. Now, Hoda Elsadda bucks that trend to give us a nuanced understanding of literary imaginings of masculinity and femininity in the Egyptian novel. Foregrounding voices that have been marginalised alongside canonical works, she engages with new directions in the novel tradition.

Author: Hoda Elsadda
ISBN-10: 1399564986
ISBN-13: 9781399564984
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2026
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback