TY - EJOUR A1 - Censi, Martina TI - Body, difference, and identity in two novels by Salwā al-Na‘īmī T2 - LiCArC - Littérature et culture arabes contemporaines 2021, Hors-série. Corps et désordre dans le monde arabe JO - LiCArC (ISSN 2426-8852), 2021 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-11331-7.p.0215 SN - 2426-8852 SP - 215 EP - 223 AB - This article explores the role of the body in the novels Burhān al-ʻasal (The Proof of the Honey, 2007) and Šibh al-ǧazīra al-ʻarabiyya (The Arabian Peninsula, 2012) by Syrian writer Salwā al-Naʻīmī. In both novels, the female body is the site of the renewal of the process of identity formation and recognition for the protagonists. Accordingly, this study explores how the “performed and performative body” can call into question normative methods of defining identity. PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/31 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - al-Naʻīmī, performed body, performative body, identity, body LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/licarc-2021-litterature-et-culture-arabes-contemporaines-hors-serie-corps-et-desordre-dans-le-monde-arabe-body-difference-and-identity-in-two-novels-by-salw-al-nam.html Y2 - 2024/05/27 ER -