1st Edition
Saudi Women Writers Sociopolitical and Literary Landscapes
By Basma A. Al Mutlaq
Copyright 2025
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
Saudi Women Writers: Sociopolitical and Literary Landscapes details the achievements of Saudi women fiction writers from the 1960s up to the present day, many of whose works have yet to be published in English translation.
This book explores how various Saudi women writers’ works reflect deep social, religious and political changes over several key phases: the secularism of the 1960s and... Read more
Introduction 1. Saudi Women Writers: Sociopolitical and Literary Landscapes 2. Rethinking the Patriarchal Discourse 3. Feminizing History: The Female as a Repository of Memories 4. Narratives of Violence: Communicating Corporeal Anxieties 5. Travel, Women and the City: The Literature of Encounter Conclusion
Biography
Basma A. Al Mutlaq has a Ph.D in comparative and feminist literature from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She was a Visiting Fellow at the Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, and was an assistant professor for two years at Prince Muhammad Bin Fahad University in Saudi Arabia.
