| The Stillborn: Notebooks of a Woman from the Student-Movement Generation in Egypt Contributor(s): Salih, Arwa (Author), Selim, Samah (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0857424831 ISBN-13: 9780857424839 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Middle Eastern - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Series: Arab List |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 8.1" (0.65 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1970's - Chronological Period - 1980's - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Arwa Salih was a member of the political bureau of the Egyptian Communist Workers Party, which was founded in the wake of the Arab-Israeli War and the Egyptian student movement of the early 1970s. Written more than a decade after Salih quit the party and left political life--and published shortly after she committed suicide--the book offers a poignant look at, and reckoning with, the Marxism of her generation and the role of militant intellectuals in the tragic failure of both the national liberation project and the communist project in Egypt. The powerful critique in The Stillborn speaks not only to and about Salih's own generation of left activists but also to broader, still salient dilemmas of revolutionary politics throughout the developing world in the postcolonial era. |
Contributor Bio(s): Salih, Arwa: - Arwa Salih (1953-97) was a scholar who was active in Egyptian revolutionary politics in the 1970s and '80s. Selim, Samah: - Samah Selim is a scholar and translator at Rutgers University. |