{"product_id":"anxiety-of-erasure-trauma-authorship-and-the-diaspora-in-arab-womens-writings-9780815634027","title":"Anxiety of Erasure: Trauma, Authorship, and the Diaspora in Arab Women's Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003eFar from offering another study that bemoans Arab women's repression and veiling, \u003ci\u003eAnxiety of Erasure\u003c\/i\u003e looks at Arab women writers living in the diaspora who have translated their experiences into a productive and creative force. In this book, Al-Samman articulates the therapeutic effects of revisiting forgotten histories and of activating two cultural tropes: that of the maw'udah (buried female infant) and that of Shahrazad in the process of revolutionary change. She asks what it means to develop a national, gendered consciousness from diasporic locals while staying committed to the homeland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAl-Samman presents close readings of the fiction of six prominent authors whose works span over half a century and define the current status of Arab diaspora studies--Ghada al-Samman, Hanan al-Shaykh, Hamida al-Na'na', Hoda Barakat, Samar Yazbek, and Salwa al-Neimi. Exploring the journeys in time and space undertaken by these women, \u003ci\u003eAnxiety of Erasure \u003c\/i\u003eshines a light on the ways in which writers remain participants in their homelands' intellectual lives, asserting both the traumatic and the triumphant aspects of diaspora. The result is a nuanced Arab women's poetic that celebrates rootlessness and rootedness, autonomy and belonging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hanadi Al-Samman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 5.97w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815634027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHanadi Al-Samman is associate professor of Arabic language and literature in the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40414650728563,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":67.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7e23aaa0-0dbd-42ac-bb1a-7bfe54d083df.jpg?v=1662213360","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/anxiety-of-erasure-trauma-authorship-and-the-diaspora-in-arab-womens-writings-9780815634027","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}