Building New Spaces
In this paper we concentrate mainly on the sociocultural configuration in Rajā’ al‑Ṣāni‘’s Banāt al‑Riyāḍ through the analysis of language and gender. Combining these two approaches we propose that al‑Ṣāni‘’s novel is an example of subversion in different ways: in the novel itself, through its use o...
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| description | In this paper we concentrate mainly on the sociocultural configuration in Rajā’ al‑Ṣāni‘’s Banāt al‑Riyāḍ through the analysis of language and gender. Combining these two approaches we propose that al‑Ṣāni‘’s novel is an example of subversion in different ways: in the novel itself, through its use of languages, through gender subversion, and through the invasion of physical and symbolic arenas. On the one hand, we focus on the use of languages and the combination of different registers and formats used in the text. On the other hand, we deal with the construction of characters, focusing on their gender roles and how these are at the same time accepted and contested. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6bc30f51e3cd427681dcc43b595694b42024-02-14T09:17:20ZengCentre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de SanaaArabian Humanities2308-6122110.4000/cy.2049Building New SpacesGemma VenturaAgnès Garcia‑VenturaIn this paper we concentrate mainly on the sociocultural configuration in Rajā’ al‑Ṣāni‘’s Banāt al‑Riyāḍ through the analysis of language and gender. Combining these two approaches we propose that al‑Ṣāni‘’s novel is an example of subversion in different ways: in the novel itself, through its use of languages, through gender subversion, and through the invasion of physical and symbolic arenas. On the one hand, we focus on the use of languages and the combination of different registers and formats used in the text. On the other hand, we deal with the construction of characters, focusing on their gender roles and how these are at the same time accepted and contested.https://journals.openedition.org/cy/2049gender studiessociolinguisticspluriglossialiteratureAl‑Ṣāni‘ (Rajā’)power |
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| title | Building New Spaces |
| title_full | Building New Spaces |
| title_fullStr | Building New Spaces |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building New Spaces |
| title_short | Building New Spaces |
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| topic | gender studies sociolinguistics pluriglossia literature Al‑Ṣāni‘ (Rajā’) power |
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