Women, Writing and the Iraqi Ba‘thist State

Explores discourses on gender and representations of women in modern Iraqi fiction. By exploring discourses on gender in both propaganda and high art fictional writings by Iraqis, this book offers an alternative narrative of the literary and cultural history of Iraq.

In an effort to expand its readership and increase support for its pan-Arab project, the Iraqi Bath almost completely eradicated illiteracy among women. As Iraq was metaphorically transformed into a female, through its nationalist trope, women writers simultaneously found opportunities and faced obstacles from the state, as the woman question became a site of contention between those who would advocate the progressiveness of the Bath and those who would stress its repressiveness and immorality. By exploring discourses on gender in both propaganda and high art fictional writings by Iraqis, this book offers an alternative narrative of the literary and cultural history of Iraq.

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