TY - JOUR
T1 - Unacknowledged pioneer
T2 - Gender, nation, and class in the short stories of samīrah 'Azzām
AU - Farag, Joseph R.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper charts the articulation of feminist, gender, and nationalist concerns in the writings of Samīrah 'Azzām (1927-1967). It situates 'Azzām's oeuvre within the Palestinian literary canon, arguing through a series of close readings of her short stories that, though overlooked, 'Azzām's writings are in fact seminal. Writing in the wake of the Nakbah, 'Azzām was among the first to articulate many of the tropes and motifs that would become central to Palestinian literary production. While her overriding concern was with class critique, 'Azzām's writing simultaneously prefigures later Palestinian feminist literary social critiques.
AB - This paper charts the articulation of feminist, gender, and nationalist concerns in the writings of Samīrah 'Azzām (1927-1967). It situates 'Azzām's oeuvre within the Palestinian literary canon, arguing through a series of close readings of her short stories that, though overlooked, 'Azzām's writings are in fact seminal. Writing in the wake of the Nakbah, 'Azzām was among the first to articulate many of the tropes and motifs that would become central to Palestinian literary production. While her overriding concern was with class critique, 'Azzām's writing simultaneously prefigures later Palestinian feminist literary social critiques.
KW - Feminism
KW - Interiority
KW - Nakbah
KW - National Identity
KW - Palestinian Literature
KW - Realism
KW - Samīrah 'Azzām
KW - The Short Story
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U2 - 10.1163/1570064x-12341277
DO - 10.1163/1570064x-12341277
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84901236383
SN - 0085-2376
VL - 45
SP - 81
EP - 103
JO - Journal of Arabic Literature
JF - Journal of Arabic Literature
IS - 1
ER -