THE POLITICS OF LOCATION AND SEXUALITY IN LEILA AHMED’S AND NAWAL EL SAADAWI’S LIFE NARRATIVES
THE POLITICS OF LOCATION AND SEXUALITY IN LEILA AHMED’S AND NAWAL EL SAADAWI’S LIFE NARRATIVES
Author(s): Leila AouadiSubject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Gender Studies, Studies of Literature, Sociology, Theology and Religion, Islam studies, Other Language Literature, Studies in violence and power, Victimology, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Women’s life narratives; Middle East; female circumcision; gender; class; location;Islam
Summary/Abstract: This article explores Leila Ahmed’s A Border Passage, and Nawal ElSaadawi’s Memoirs from the Women’s Prison, A Daughter of Isis, and Walking Through Fire. It contrasts their works and argues that location and gender awareness play an important role in the writing of autobiographies. The focus is on showing how El Saadawi’s positioning as a feminist activist in Egypt and Ahmed’s location in the USA determine the texts’ themes and shape the construction of the autobiographical “I.”
Journal: International Studies: Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal (IS)
- Issue Year: 16/2014
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 35-50
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English