Saudi Women Writers

Saudi Women Writers: Sociopolitical and Literary Landscapes details the achievements of Saudi women fiction writers from the 1960s up to the present day. It is an important and unique text which will be of use to both students and scholars of Gender Studies, Literature, Middle Eastern Studies, and Politics.

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.

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