![]() Through such an examination of the character of Hilda, I attempt to delineate Said’s ambivalent relationship towards feminist politics. In this paper, I will limit my analysis of Said’s attack on patriarchy by discussing his representation of his mother. ![]() ![]() Said’s focus on his gendered identity in Out of Place nuanced my understanding of the hegemonic structure of the institutions of patriarchy, and I came to see that patriarchy could be equally dislocating to its male subjects as it is for women. This gesture resonated deeply with my own feminist political position on existing family structures as oppressive units that attempt to control and undermine women’s roles in society. Said’s focus on his family was a deliberate opening up of the structure of the Arab household, as he attests in the preface to the Arabic translation of the book. ![]() I did not find much of Palestine, but I did read an intimate narrative of an Arab boy’s coming of age. I chose to read Edward Said’s memoir Out of Place expecting to find an alternative history of Palestine from one of the most ferocious fighters for the Palestinian cause. ![]()
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