Contemporary Arab Women’s Life Writing and the Politics of Resistance

Hiyem Cheurfa is an assistant professor of postcolonial literature and comparative studies in the Department of English at Larbi Tebessi University, Algeria. She received her PhD in English from Lancaster University, UK.

By examining Arabophone, Francophone, and Anglophone autobiographical writings of Arab women found in various modes, including testimonials, diaries, and more recently in digital media, Cheurfa’s book, well-grounded in related theories, contributes to the analysis of dissident literature showing the strong involvement of Arab women in national struggle movements and redefining the modern cultural history of the Arab world.

• AcknowledgementsNote on Transliteration and TranslationSeries Editor’s ForewordIntroduction – Arab Women’s Life Writing and Resistance Literature: History, Theory and Context1 Genre and Twentieth-century National Struggles: Arab Women Write the Resistance2 A Bricolage of Genre, a Montage of Selves: Autobiographical Subjectivity, Generic Experimentation and Representational Contestation3 Shahādāt Nisāʾiyyah: Testimonial Life Writing, Accounts of Women’s Resistance4 Dissident Laughter: Diaries of National Struggles and the Aesthetics of Humour5 Arab Women’s Digital Life Writing: Resistance 2.0Conclusion – Arab(ic) Resistance Non-Fiction: Critical TrajectoriesBibliography Index