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001-es BibID:	BIBFORM121164
Első szerző:	Chaoui, Saleh
Cím:	Between Agency and Victimhood: Forms of Self-Assertion in Leila Ahmed's A Border Passage: From Cairo to America : A Woman's Journey (1999) and Wafa Faith Hallam's The Road from Morocco (2011) / Saleh Chaoui; Nadia Butt
Dátum:	2024
Megjegyzések:	In light of recent developments in the field of Arab Anglophone literature in the wake of transnational and transcultural connections around the globe, this chapter seeks to examine forms of self-assertion in two memoirs ? A Border Passage (1999) by Egyptian writer Leila Ahmed and The Road from Morocco (2011) by Moroccan author Wafa Faith Hallam ? with special reference to Arab identity as a fluid notion and its connection to Islam and gender hierarchies. We argue that both Ahmed and Hallam, despite being modern and privileged Muslim women from the Arab world, assert themselves in very different ways in their writings, as they leave the safe and secure spaces of their home/lands and venture abroad for a life they have desired and dream of ? a life that provides an opportunity to broaden their approach to nation, culture, race, and religion. To this end, we discuss how Ahmed's journey from Cairo to America and Hallam's journey from Morocco to America demonstrate resilience against political and cultural hurdles in their memoirs. The term ♭memoir' is treated as a double-edged device, since it signals memoir as a hybrid genre, criss-crossing several other genres, on the one hand, and indicates the distinct ♭ways' in which Arab women articulate their Arabness, as opposed to Western beliefs, on the other. In addition, we analyse the memoirs as a family archive which allows Ahmed and Hallam to present and share their way of seeing and exploring personal, familial, and national histories, exercise agency and deny victimhood against all odds, and thus show courage in the face of disillusionment and disappointment. As we investigate how writing an autobiography-cum-memoir itself becomes a form of self-assertion, we seek to shed light on how Ahmed and Hallam question and address Arab identity, especially female identity, as they strive to reconcile with their life challenges as liberated women in the Islamic world and the West.
Tárgyszavak:	Bölcsészettudományok Irodalom- és kultúratudományok könyvfejezet könyvrészlet agency victimhood Arab autobiography Arabness resistance and resilience.
Megjelenés:	Contested Solidarities: Agency and Victimhood in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures / Pavan Kumar Malreddy; Kathrin Bartha-Mitchell; Frank Schulze-Engler. - p. 1-22
További szerzők:	Butt, Nadia
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