This book examines how the process of nation-building in Egypt helped transform Egypt from an Ottoman province to an Arabic speaking national community. Through the discussion of the life and works of the prominent writer `A'isha Taymur, Hatem gives insight into how literature and the changing gender roles of women and men contributed to the definition and/or development of a sense of community.

Autorentext
Mervat F. Hatem is a Professor of Political Science atHoward University.

Inhalt
Why Study `A'isha Taymur? The Changing Islamic-Ottoman World of the Taymur Family Literature and Nation Building in Nineteenth Century Egypt The Crisis and Reform of Dynastic Society and Government From Fiction to Social Criticism Hilyat al-Tiraz : Hybridity and the Intersection of the Old and the New and Personal and Public Struggles The Finest of Her Class: Taymur on Literature, Gender and the Nation-Building