Saudi Women Writers: Sociopolitical and Literary Landscapes

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Introduction
	The Woman Issue: Reconciling Western and Local Discourses
	Transversality in Women’s ‘New Texts’
	Conceptual and Theoretical Framework
	Note On Translation
	Notes
1 Saudi Women Writers: Sociopolitical and Literary Landscapes
	The Three Phases of Saudi Women’s Fiction
	The Struggle for Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia
	Moral Geographies and the Private Sphere
	Arab Khalījī / Saudi Feminism in Women’s Fiction
	Veiling, Silence and the Anonymous Writer
	A Fragmented Memoir: Samira Khashugji – Beyond the Clouds
	Notes
2 Rethinking the Patriarchal Discourse
	The ‘Battlefield’ Between Nymphs and Queens: Omima Al-Khamis – Sea-Wafted Women
	‘Mirror, Mirror On the Wall …’: Qmasha Al-Olayyan and the ‘Ugly Plot’ – The Virgin Wife
	The Mother, an Agent of the Patriarchy: Badriya Al-Beshir – Hend and the Soldiers
	Witchcraft, a Feminist Fantasy of Empowerment: Maha Al-Jahni – The Cloak
	Notes
3 Feminizing History: The Female as a Repository of Memories
	The Androgynous Subject: Raja Alem – Khatem: ‘A Faulty Bride’
	The Androgynous Subject: Raja Alem – Khatem: History, Myth and Feminism
	Jeddah, a Metaphor for a Subjugated Woman: Laila Al-Juhani – Barren Paradise
	‘The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born’: Nora Al-Ghamdi – Compass Direction
	Notes
4 Narratives of Violence: Communicating Corporeal Anxieties
	Contemplating Sacred Values: Laila Al-Juhani – The Days of Ignorance
	Subverting Silence: Badriya Al-Beshir – The Swing
	Discipline and Punishment: Hana Hejazi – Two Women
	Notes
5 Travel, Women and the City: The Literature of Encounter
	Second Generation Voices
	From Riyadh to Toronto – Transcending the Limitations of Cultural Definitions: Omima Al-Khamis – The Leafy Tree
	Paris – A Sliding Door Moment: Zaineb Hefny – Women On the Equator
	London – An Alternative Home: Zaineb Hefny – Twisted Legs
	The Millennial Revolutionary Writers: Third-Generation Voices
	From Alisha Campus to London – ‘Lipstick’ Feminism: Raja Al-Sanea – Girls of Riyadh
	From London to Riyadh – Paradigm Shift: Samar Al-Megrin – Women of Vice
	Notes
6 Protest and Self-Orientalizing Texts
	‘Hell Is Other People’: Saba Al-Herz – The Others
	The Marker of Identity Goes Anonymous: Warda Abdul Malik – The Return
	Selectivity in Patriarchal Discourse: Taif Al-Hallaj – The Sacred Marriage
	Notes
Conclusion
	Notes
Index