TY - BOOK ID - 10695583 TI - Feminism and Avant-Garde Aesthetics in the Levantine Novel : Feminism, Nationalism, and the Arabic Novel PY - 2016 SN - 1349714895 1137548703 1137545917 PB - New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Middle Eastern literature. KW - Arabic literature KW - Women authors, Arab KW - Feminist fiction, Arabic KW - Middle Eastern fiction KW - Avant-garde (Aesthetics) KW - Feminism in literature KW - Existentialism in literature KW - Surrealism (Literature) KW - Middle Eastern Languages & Literatures KW - Languages & Literatures KW - History and criticism KW - Women authors KW - History KW - History and criticism. KW - History. KW - Arab women authors KW - Literature. KW - Literature KW - Literature, Modern KW - Feminist theory. KW - Sociology. KW - Sex (Psychology). KW - Gender expression. KW - Gender identity. KW - Middle Eastern Literature. KW - Gender Studies. KW - Twentieth-Century Literature. KW - Feminism. KW - Literary History. KW - Sex identity (Gender identity) KW - Sexual identity (Gender identity) KW - Identity (Psychology) KW - Sex (Psychology) KW - Queer theory KW - Expression, Gender KW - Sex role KW - Psychology, Sexual KW - Sex KW - Sexual behavior, Psychology of KW - Sexual psychology KW - Sensuality KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences KW - Feminism KW - Feminist philosophy KW - Feminist sociology KW - Theory of feminism KW - Near Eastern literature KW - Appraisal of books KW - Books KW - Evaluation of literature KW - Criticism KW - Literary style KW - Belles-lettres KW - Western literature (Western countries) KW - World literature KW - Philology KW - Authors KW - Authorship KW - 20th century. KW - Psychological aspects KW - Philosophy KW - Appraisal KW - Evaluation KW - Literature, Modern-20th century. KW - Literature-History and criticism. KW - Literature, Modern—20th century. KW - Literature—History and criticism. KW - Sammān, Ghādah KW - Khalīfah, Saḥar KW - Barakāt, Hudá KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Saḥar Khalīfah KW - Khalifa, Sahar KW - Khalīfeh, Saḥar KW - ח׳ליפה, סחר KW - כליפה, סחר KW - خليفة، سحر KW - سحر خليفة KW - al-Samman, Ghada KW - Samman, Ghada KW - Sammān, Ghādā KW - al-Sammān, Ġāda UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:10695583 AB - Feminism and Avant-Garde Aesthetics in the Levantine Novel examines the aesthetics of existentialism, critical realism, and surrealism in contemporary feminist literature in the Levant. It focuses on the novels of the Syrian writer Gh?dah al-Samm?n (b. 1942), the Palestinian Sahar Khal?feh (b. 1941), and the Lebanese Hud? Barak?t (b. 1952) and argues that their mediations of the Lebanese Civil War of 1975-1990 and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (especially since 1967) led to the development of a feminism specific to the Levant through avant-garde literary aesthetics. Writing in response to war and national crisis, al-Samm?n, Khal?feh, and Barak?t introduce into the Arabic literary canon aesthetic forms capable of carrying Levantine women's experiences. By assessing their feminism in such a way, this book aims to revive a critical emphasis on aesthetics in Arab women's writing. Moreover, by setting literary representations of gender and sexuality in both national and regional contexts, it highlights 'the Levant' as an interstitial space that inspired new forms of Arab feminism. ER -