Women, Art, and Revolution in the Streets of Egypt
Nevine El Nossery
Associate Professor, French and Italian
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Time and Location
12:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI
Description
The Egyptian Revolution has prompted women to find new means to cope with political and social despair. Graffiti and street performances are powerful tools to strategically raise awareness, lobby for equity, and advocate women’s empowerment, as they offer innovative alternatives to traditional artistic and media channels, witnessing the birth of what I am tempted to call a “parallel revolution,” unfolding underground and mainly led by women.
Bio
Névine El Nossery is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests and teaching include North African and French Canadian literatures, women writing, photo-texts, graffiti, trauma fiction, and Middle-Eastern literature and culture. She is the author of the following books: The Unspeakable: Representations of Trauma in Francophone Literature and Art, 2013 (co-edited volume); Témoignages fictionnels au féminin. Une réécriture des blancs de la guerre civile algérienne, 2012; Frictions et devenirs dans les écritures migrantes au féminin. Enracinement et renégociation, 2011 (co-edited volume)