Allan, JC (2011) Nationalism, resistance, and patriarchy: the poetry of Saharawi women. Hispanic Research Journal, 12 (1). 78 - 89 (11). ISSN 1468-2737
Abstract
The arts, and in particular poetry, have been swords of resistance for the Saharawis since the 1975 Moroccan and Mauritanian invasion and subsequent occupation of their country. In this article, I aim to investigate whether Saharawi women writers go further than the more common objects of Saharawi resistance and fight against patriarchy. Firstly, I focus on the work of the Saharawi 'Friendship Generation' of writers, exploring the Generation's collective (nationalist) aims. Secondly, I look at the construction of gender in Saharawi poetry, analysing how gender, particularly the idea of woman and femininity, are imagined according to the sex-identification of the author.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2011, Maney Publishing. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Hispanic Research Journal. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
Keywords: | Western Sahara; Polisario; gender; poetry; friendship generation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2014 09:42 |
Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2014 02:09 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174582011X12869673314263 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Maney |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1179/174582011X12869673314263 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:77501 |