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UNIVERSAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY: SERENADE CHAFIK AND THE LANGUAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Cilt: 12 Sayı: 2 30 Aralık 2019
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UNIVERSAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY: SERENADE CHAFIK AND THE LANGUAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

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Scholars of human rights often note the paradoxical premise of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948): “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights,” yet these rights require implementation and monitoring in order to exist. Furthermore, although human rights discourses are premised on a universally recognizable, abstract set of ethical norms, these norms nonetheless need to be enforced as laws by specific states. The period that has witnessed the emergence of human rights as the governing language of emancipatory politics has also witnessed a wealth of autobiographical writing that articulates resistance to oppression and injustice with reference to universal rights. How then do these autobiographical accounts negotiate the paradox of human rights? This article approaches this question through a focus on Egyptian-French feminist Sérénade Chafik’s 2003 autobiography Répudiation, which chronicles the author’s legal struggle in France to gain custody of her Egyptian-born daughter. The goal is to understand how “rights” are established in literary testimony, to illustrate how the territories of France and Egypt figure in the author’s search for a just social order, and to think through how autobiography registers the limitations of a human rights readership community.

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Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

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Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Aralık 2019

Gönderilme Tarihi

16 Şubat 2019

Kabul Tarihi

21 Kasım 2019

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2019 Cilt: 12 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Fişek, E. (2019). UNIVERSAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY: SERENADE CHAFIK AND THE LANGUAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. International Journal of Social Inquiry, 12(2), 567-588. https://doi.org/10.37093/ijsi.659016
AMA
1.Fişek E. UNIVERSAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY: SERENADE CHAFIK AND THE LANGUAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. IJSI. 2019;12(2):567-588. doi:10.37093/ijsi.659016
Chicago
Fişek, Emine. 2019. “UNIVERSAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY: SERENADE CHAFIK AND THE LANGUAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS”. International Journal of Social Inquiry 12 (2): 567-88. https://doi.org/10.37093/ijsi.659016.
EndNote
Fişek E (01 Aralık 2019) UNIVERSAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY: SERENADE CHAFIK AND THE LANGUAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. International Journal of Social Inquiry 12 2 567–588.
IEEE
[1]E. Fişek, “UNIVERSAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY: SERENADE CHAFIK AND THE LANGUAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS”, IJSI, c. 12, sy 2, ss. 567–588, Ara. 2019, doi: 10.37093/ijsi.659016.
ISNAD
Fişek, Emine. “UNIVERSAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY: SERENADE CHAFIK AND THE LANGUAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS”. International Journal of Social Inquiry 12/2 (01 Aralık 2019): 567-588. https://doi.org/10.37093/ijsi.659016.
JAMA
1.Fişek E. UNIVERSAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY: SERENADE CHAFIK AND THE LANGUAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. IJSI. 2019;12:567–588.
MLA
Fişek, Emine. “UNIVERSAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY: SERENADE CHAFIK AND THE LANGUAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS”. International Journal of Social Inquiry, c. 12, sy 2, Aralık 2019, ss. 567-88, doi:10.37093/ijsi.659016.
Vancouver
1.Emine Fişek. UNIVERSAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY: SERENADE CHAFIK AND THE LANGUAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. IJSI. 01 Aralık 2019;12(2):567-88. doi:10.37093/ijsi.659016

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