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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520088883
ISBN-139780520088887
eBay Product ID (ePID)177357
Product Key Features
Book TitleMemoirs from the Women's Prison
Number of Pages212 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1994
TopicMiddle Eastern, Gender Studies, Literary, Political
FeaturesReprint
GenreLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorNawal El Saadawi
Book SeriesLiterature of the Middle East Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.7 Oz
Item Length8.1 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN94-011172
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal365/.45/092
Table Of ContentPart I: The Arrest Part II: Prison Part III: Piercing the Blockade PartlY: Out to the Investigation PartY: The Death of Sadat PartYI: The Final Part Afterword for the American Edition
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisOften 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.