| ID | 177797 |
| Title Proper | Women’s writing in action |
| Other Title Information | On female-authored Hajj narratives in Qajar Iran |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bachtin, Piotr |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper examines the textual and performative functions of early women’s writings on the example of three accounts of the pilgrimage to Mecca written during the Qajar era by Mehrmāh Khānom ʿEsmat al-Saltaneh (1880–81), the anonymous Hājiyeh Khānom ʿAlaviyeh Kermāni (1892–94), and Sakineh Soltān Vaqār al-Dowleh Esfahāni Kuchak (1899–1901). It ponders on the relationships between the female writers and textuality, their readers and, finally, the diary personas they created. It claims that their writings emerged in the process of negotiating the then existing, masculine models of textuality and authorial authority. By rejecting the monologic authoritativeness of literature and textuality, the women diarists transformed their texts into a space for dialogue—including dialogue with themselves. |
| `In' analytical Note | Iranian Studies Vol. 54, No.1-2; Jan-Apr 2021: p.67-93 |
| Journal Source | Iranian Studies Vol: 54 No 1-2 |
| Key Words | Travel Writing ; Esmat al-Saltaneh ; Hājiyeh Khanom Alaviyeh Kermani ; Vaqar al-Dowleh ; Women’s Writing ; Qajar Women ; Functions of Literature ; Textuality and Performativity |