Depiction of women as the primary architects of their own oppression: a masculinist critique of El Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero

• Main Authors: Idris, Abdulrahman Abdulwaheed, Talif, Rosli, Ali Termizi, Arbaayah, Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australian International Academic Centre 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72185/1/Depiction%20of%20women%20as%20the%20primary%20architects%20of%20their%20own%20oppression.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72185/; http://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJALEL/article/view/4481

This paper focuses on the presentation of women oppression and emancipation in Nawal El Saadawi’s novel, Woman at Point Zero. The novel is specifically a call and an appeal to the women in her Egyptian society and the world at large on the need to revisit their activities and contribution toward the...