Young Saudi Women Novelists: Protesting Clericalism, Religious Fanaticism and Patriarchal Gender Order. Issue 2 (3rd July 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Young Saudi Women Novelists: Protesting Clericalism, Religious Fanaticism and Patriarchal Gender Order. Issue 2 (3rd July 2017)
- Main Title:
- Young Saudi Women Novelists: Protesting Clericalism, Religious Fanaticism and Patriarchal Gender Order
- Authors:
- Kanie, Mariwan
- Abstract:
- Abstract: From the early 1990s Saudi Arabia witnessed a significant surge in women's writing, especially of novels. This was not a temporary phenomenon but continued into the new millennium, at which time a new generation of young woman novelists emerged who developed a deeper critique of the Saudi state and society than their predecessors in the 1990s. Three well-known and challenging novels are examined: Raja ʾ al-Saniʿ's Banat al-Riyadh [Girls of Riyadh] (2005), Warda Abd al-Malik's Al-awba [Return] (2008), and Samar al-Muqrin's Nisaʾ al-munkar [Women of Vice] (2008). It is argued that a fundamental aspect of these works is their critique of religion, or at least of clerics and their discourse which, in the case of Saudi Arabia, is a profound act. It identifies two approaches by the authors: the individualization of religion and especially the re-articulation of the image of God as a friendly and humanistic God, in contrast to the official discourse; and the development of a strong anti-clerical discourse.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of Arabian studies. Volume 7:Issue 2(2017)
- Journal:
- Journal of Arabian studies
- Issue:
- Volume 7:Issue 2(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 7, Issue 2 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 7
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0007-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 283
- Page End:
- 299
- Publication Date:
- 2017-07-03
- Subjects:
- women's novel -- Saudi Arabia -- anti-clericalism -- mutawaʿa -- protest literature -- gender
Arabian Peninsula -- Periodicals
Arabian Peninsula
Periodicals
953.005 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjab20 ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/21534764.2017.1499227 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2153-4764
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