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<p>This study scrutinizes Fadia Faqir’s <italic>Pillars of Salt</italic> by analyzing the various forms of violence against the protagonists, Maha and Hannyeh, their heterogeneous representation and their conditions within the cultural encounter between modernity and traditionality. Applying postcolonial feminism, the analysis of Faqir’s novel shows that colonization and patriarchy interact as double structures of oppression that produce cumulative forms of violence against the colonized women. It also shows that these women’s responses to oppressions are divergent: while Maha adopts unique strategies of self-empowerment that help her resist subordination, Hannyeh espouses limited ones that intensify her disempowerment. As for the encounter between modernity and traditionality, the analysis indicates that imperial colonization and its modernity have destructive consequences on the colonized nation: they blur both its social formation and cultural identity.</p>
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This study scrutinizes Fadia Faqir’s Pillars of Salt by analyzing the various forms of violence against the protagonists, Maha and Hannyeh, their heterogeneous representation and their conditions within the cultural encounter between modernity and traditionality. Applying postcolonial feminism, the analysis of Faqir’s novel shows that colonization and patriarchy interact as double structures of oppression that produce cumulative forms of violence against the colonized women. It also shows that these women’s responses to oppressions are divergent: while Maha adopts unique strategies of self-empowerment that help her resist subordination, Hannyeh espouses limited ones that intensify her disempowerment. As for the encounter between modernity and traditionality, the analysis indicates that imperial colonization and its modernity have destructive consequences on the colonized nation: they blur both its social formation and cultural identity.

A Double Colonization: The Case of the Arab Bedouin Woman in Fadia Faqir’s <italic>Pillars of Salt</italic>

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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A Double Colonization: The Case of the Arab Bedouin Woman in Fadia Faqir’s 

This study scrutinizes Fadia Faqir’s Pillars of Salt by analyzing the various forms of violence against the protagonists, Maha and Hannyeh, their heterogeneous...

A Double Colonization: The Case of the Arab Bedouin Woman in Fadia Faqir’s Pillars of Salt

Published Online: Dec 26, 2021

Page range: 76 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0009

Keywords
Arab patriarchy, double colonization, empowerment, modernity, postcolonial feminism

© 2021 Ayham Abu Orouq, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A Double Colonization: The Case of the Arab Bedouin Woman in Fadia Faqir’s Pillars of Salt

Published Online: Dec 26, 2021

Page range: 76 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0009

KeywordsArab patriarchy, double colonization, empowerment, modernity, postcolonial feminism

© 2021 Ayham Abu Orouq, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Arab patriarchy, double colonization, empowerment, modernity, postcolonial feminism