Radwa Ashour, Ferial J. Ghazoul, and Hasna Reda-Mekdashi
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789774161469
- eISBN:
- 9781936190003
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774161469.003.0003
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Middle Eastern Studies
Female literary pioneers in Syria played an extremely important role in the struggle for women's emancipation in Syria and a no less significant role in the emancipation of men as well. Syrian ...
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Female literary pioneers in Syria played an extremely important role in the struggle for women's emancipation in Syria and a no less significant role in the emancipation of men as well. Syrian literature, prose and poetry, was shaped by sociopolitical conditions, which had a profound impact on literary genres and forms as well as their themes and certain intellectual and artistic trends. The student of contemporary Syrian literature can count hundreds of Syrian women writing novels, short stories, and poetry with varying degrees of skill, producing texts that put Syrian literature on par with other Arabic literatures. The social developments in Syrian society, particularly its views of women, have created a climate that has encouraged women to express themselves and enrich their literary talents with knowledge and life experience, without which no real literature is possible.Less
Female literary pioneers in Syria played an extremely important role in the struggle for women's emancipation in Syria and a no less significant role in the emancipation of men as well. Syrian literature, prose and poetry, was shaped by sociopolitical conditions, which had a profound impact on literary genres and forms as well as their themes and certain intellectual and artistic trends. The student of contemporary Syrian literature can count hundreds of Syrian women writing novels, short stories, and poetry with varying degrees of skill, producing texts that put Syrian literature on par with other Arabic literatures. The social developments in Syrian society, particularly its views of women, have created a climate that has encouraged women to express themselves and enrich their literary talents with knowledge and life experience, without which no real literature is possible.
Elisheva Carlebach
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300084108
- eISBN:
- 9780300133066
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300084108.003.0010
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
This chapter tries to re-assess the converts' role in shaping the Christians' images of Judaism and Jews, as part of their efforts to place themselves between the two communities. The first section ...
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This chapter tries to re-assess the converts' role in shaping the Christians' images of Judaism and Jews, as part of their efforts to place themselves between the two communities. The first section explains how Jewish ritual law was found at the center of the Jewish–Christian conflict, followed by a look at Jewish ceremonial literature, which is found to be mostly a German occurrence. Part of the creativity of this ceremonial literature can be traced back to the religious-mental structures of Ashkenaz; this includes the arrival of minhag literature. The chapter looks at the different literary pioneers during the 16th century, and finally the use of illustrations of Jewish folk practices to make the polemic against the Jews more domestic and private.Less
This chapter tries to re-assess the converts' role in shaping the Christians' images of Judaism and Jews, as part of their efforts to place themselves between the two communities. The first section explains how Jewish ritual law was found at the center of the Jewish–Christian conflict, followed by a look at Jewish ceremonial literature, which is found to be mostly a German occurrence. Part of the creativity of this ceremonial literature can be traced back to the religious-mental structures of Ashkenaz; this includes the arrival of minhag literature. The chapter looks at the different literary pioneers during the 16th century, and finally the use of illustrations of Jewish folk practices to make the polemic against the Jews more domestic and private.
