Postcolonial Ecologies and Postcolonial Ecofeminism in the Poetry of Mohja Kahf | ||
| مجلة بحوث کلية الآداب . جامعة المنوفية | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 10 August 2024 | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/sjam.2024.307956.2391 | ||
| Author | ||
| أحمد علي زهران* | ||
| كلية الألسن ، جامعة قناة السويس. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Postcolonial ecocriticism provides a unique opportunity to provide a new appreciation of the Arab-American poetry. By correlating between nature and culture, the field enriches our understanding of the Arab-American identity as well as it empowers its various manifestations. This paper attempts to provide a critical reading of the poetic discourse of the Arab-American poet Mohja Kahf by investigating her postcolonial ecologies as well as the intersection between ecofeminism and postcolonialism in her work to portray a distinctive Arab-American identity. Mohja Kahf is an ardent Arab-American poet and activist who has sought to provide a contesting portrayal of Arab-American and Muslim women. Kahf’s poetry is distinguished by the way she re-writes history from an ecofeminist point of view to empower Arab-American and Muslim women against the western stereotypes oppressing and limiting their existence. The research investigates Kahf’s thematic and aesthetic endeavor to liberate and empower Arab-Americans as a recognized minority within the American cultural mainstream. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Keywords: Arab-American poetry; Postcolonial ecocriticism; Ecofeminism | ||
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