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Western Representations of the Muslim Woman : From Termagant to Odalisque by Mohja Kahf (1999, Mass Market)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN-100292743378
ISBN-139780292743373
eBay Product ID (ePID)630557
Product Key Features
Number of Pages220 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWestern Representations of the Muslim Woman : from Termagant to Odalisque
Publication Year1999
SubjectGeneral, Women's Studies
TypeTextbook
AuthorMohja Kahf
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width7.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN98-041903
Reviews"An insightful and provocative book. With an impressive knowledge of European literature from the medieval period to the mid-nineteenth century and in command of literary and feminist criticisms as well as Islamic history, Mohja Kahf unearths and revives conveniently forgotten images of Muslim women. This fascinating genealogy-relegated to oblivion, pushed in the footnotes, forced into invisibility-reveals the evolving images of the Muslim women in the West." Farzaneh Milani, Associate Professor of Persian and Women's Studies, University of Virginia
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments One. Introduction Two. The Muslim Woman in Medieval Texts. "Dame, ne parlez tant!" Three. The Muslim Woman in Renaissance Texts. "Una mujer a la morisca vestida" Four. The Muslim Woman from Enlightenment to Romanticism. "Je la fis entrer dans les appartements secrets" Five. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisVeiled, secluded, submissive, oppressed--the "odalisque" image has held sway over Western representations of Muslim women since the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. Yet during medieval and Renaissance times, European writers portrayed Muslim women in exactly the opposite way, as forceful queens of wanton and intimidating sexuality. In this illuminating study, Mohja Kahf traces the process through which the "termagant" became an "odalisque" in Western representations of Muslim women. Drawing examples from medieval chanson de geste and romance, Renaissance drama, Enlightenment prose, and Romantic poetry, she links the changing images of Muslim women to changes in European relations with the Islamic world, as well as to changing gender dynamics within Western societies., How the image of Muslim women changed in Western literature from medieval times to the Romantic era.
LC Classification NumberHQ1170.K347 1999
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