Memoirs from the Women's Prison, Paperback/Nawal El Saadawi

Descriere & specificații

Often likened to Rigoberta Menchu and Nadine Gordimer, Nawal El Saadawi is one of the world's leading feminist authors. Director of Health and Education in Cairo, she was summarily dismissed from her post in 1972 for her political writing and activities. In 1981 she was imprisoned by Anwar Sadat for alleged ``crimes against the State`` and was not released until after his assassination. Memoirs from the Women's Prison offers both firsthand witness to women's resistance to state violence and fascinating insights into the formation of women's community. Saadawi describes how political prisoners, both secular intellectuals and Islamic revivalists, forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell. Saadawi's haunting prose makes Memoirs an important work of twentieth-century literature. Recognized as a classic of prison writing, it touches all who are concerned with political oppression, intellectual freedom, and personal dignity.

Produse similare

University of California PressAmerica Day by Day, Paperback/Simone de Beauvoir

280,99 lei

University of California PressDown by the Bay: San Francisco's History Between the Tides, Paperback/Matthew Booker

216,99 lei

University of California PressObstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to Get an Abortion in America, Hardcover/David S. Cohen

173,99 lei

University of California PressBeing Another Way. The Copula and Arabic Philosophy of Language, 900–1500, Paperback/Dustin Klinger

216,99 lei

University of California PressJailcare: Finding the Safety Net for Women Behind Bars, Paperback/Carolyn Sufrin

261,99 lei

University of California PressLost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood, Paperback/Richard E. Kim

156,99 lei

University of California PressAssimilating Seoul: Japanese Rule and the Politics of Public Space in Colonial Korea, 1910-1945, Paperback/Todd a. Henry

301,99 lei

University of California PressThe Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt, Paperback/Lotte H. Eisner

300,99 lei

University of California PressEnvisioning Howard Finster: The Religion and Art of a Stranger from Another World, Paperback/Norman J. Girardot

260,99 lei

University of California PressUncorking the Past. The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages, Paperback/Patrick E. McGovern

144,99 lei

University of California PressUp and Down California in 1860a 1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer, Paperback/William H. Brewer

250,99 lei

University of California PressDivided Spirits: Tequila, Mezcal, and the Politics of Production, Paperback/Sarah Bowen

254,99 lei