Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Top picked items. About this product. Published by: University of Minnesota Press Shahrazad, the legendary fictional storyteller who spun the tales of the 1,001 Arabian Nights, has long been rendered as a silent exotic beauty by Western film and fiction adaptations. All Rights Reserved. In Liberating Shahrazad, Suzanne Gauch analyzes how postcolonial writers and filmmakers from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia have reclaimed the storyteller in order to portray Muslim women in ways that highlight their power to shape their own destinies.
Brand new . Now, she talks back to present a new image of Muslim women.Shahrazad, the legendary fictional storyteller who spun the tales of the 1,001 Arabian Nights, has long been rendered as a silent exotic beauty by Western film and fiction adaptations. Suzanne Gauch is assistant professor of English and women's studies at Temple University. Liberating Shahrazad Feminism, Postcolonialism, and Islam. This is an engaging study of Francophone North African intellectuals’ various invocations of this medieval muse.” —“Drawing on a rich variety of texts, Gauch has assembled an erudite, multifarious compilation of critical analysis and cultural knowledge. Instead, in recent Maghrebian versions, she is a powerful Arab woman representing other powerful women with alternative visions for their society—women who are not afraid to speak truth to power. 224 Pages. Share - Liberating Shahrazad : Feminism, Postcolonialism, and Islam by Suzanne Gauch (2006, Trade Paperback) Liberating Shahrazad : Feminism, Postcolonialism, and Islam by Suzanne Gauch (2006, Trade Paperback) Be the first to write a review. Women in literature. New (other) $24.95. … But this legendary storyteller is not the desperate, wily victim of a murderous tyrant that Western writers have depicted. Subjects: Scheherazade, > Queen, consort of Shahryar, King of Persia (Legendary character) Arabic literature > History and criticism.
Liberating Shahrazad : feminism, postcolonialism, and Islam / Bibliographic Details; Main Author: Gauch, Suzanne, 1965-Format: Book: Language: English: Published: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, c2007. $30.34. Pre-owned. © 2020 Combined Academic Publishers. Gauch looks at Maghrebian works that incorporate Shahrazad’s storytelling techniques into unexpected and unforeseen narratives. Shahrazad, the legendary fictional storyteller who spun the tales of the 1,001 Arabian Nights, has long been rendered as a silent exotic beauty by Western film and fiction adaptations. “Cogently articulated, well supported, and convincing. Pointing out that storytelling is intricately bound up with violence and identity, freedom and survival, Gauch examines the ways in which contemporary Arab Muslim women’s voices are made possible and effective. Gauch looks at Maghrebian works that incorporate Shahrazad's storytelling techniques into unexpected and unforeseen narratives. Paper $ 20.00. Now, she talks back to present a new image of Muslim women. In the face of both rising fundamentalism and proliferating Western media representations of Arab and Muslim women as silent, exploited, and uneducated victims, Gauch establishes how contemporary works of literature and film revive the voice of a long-silenced Shahrazad—and, ultimately, overthrow oppressive images of Muslim women. In Liberating Shahrazad, Suzanne Gauch analyzes how postcolonial writers and filmmakers from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia have reclaimed the storyteller in order to portray Muslim women in ways that highlight their power to shape their own destinies.
Brand new . Now, she talks back to present a new image of Muslim women.Shahrazad, the legendary fictional storyteller who spun the tales of the 1,001 Arabian Nights, has long been rendered as a silent exotic beauty by Western film and fiction adaptations. Suzanne Gauch is assistant professor of English and women's studies at Temple University. Liberating Shahrazad Feminism, Postcolonialism, and Islam. This is an engaging study of Francophone North African intellectuals’ various invocations of this medieval muse.” —“Drawing on a rich variety of texts, Gauch has assembled an erudite, multifarious compilation of critical analysis and cultural knowledge. Instead, in recent Maghrebian versions, she is a powerful Arab woman representing other powerful women with alternative visions for their society—women who are not afraid to speak truth to power. 224 Pages. Share - Liberating Shahrazad : Feminism, Postcolonialism, and Islam by Suzanne Gauch (2006, Trade Paperback) Liberating Shahrazad : Feminism, Postcolonialism, and Islam by Suzanne Gauch (2006, Trade Paperback) Be the first to write a review. Women in literature. New (other) $24.95. … But this legendary storyteller is not the desperate, wily victim of a murderous tyrant that Western writers have depicted. Subjects: Scheherazade, > Queen, consort of Shahryar, King of Persia (Legendary character) Arabic literature > History and criticism.
Liberating Shahrazad : feminism, postcolonialism, and Islam / Bibliographic Details; Main Author: Gauch, Suzanne, 1965-Format: Book: Language: English: Published: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, c2007. $30.34. Pre-owned. © 2020 Combined Academic Publishers. Gauch looks at Maghrebian works that incorporate Shahrazad’s storytelling techniques into unexpected and unforeseen narratives. Shahrazad, the legendary fictional storyteller who spun the tales of the 1,001 Arabian Nights, has long been rendered as a silent exotic beauty by Western film and fiction adaptations. “Cogently articulated, well supported, and convincing. Pointing out that storytelling is intricately bound up with violence and identity, freedom and survival, Gauch examines the ways in which contemporary Arab Muslim women’s voices are made possible and effective. Gauch looks at Maghrebian works that incorporate Shahrazad's storytelling techniques into unexpected and unforeseen narratives. Paper $ 20.00. Now, she talks back to present a new image of Muslim women. In the face of both rising fundamentalism and proliferating Western media representations of Arab and Muslim women as silent, exploited, and uneducated victims, Gauch establishes how contemporary works of literature and film revive the voice of a long-silenced Shahrazad—and, ultimately, overthrow oppressive images of Muslim women. In Liberating Shahrazad, Suzanne Gauch analyzes how postcolonial writers and filmmakers from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia have reclaimed the storyteller in order to portray Muslim women in ways that highlight their power to shape their own destinies.