02881nam 2200613 a 450 991045014000332120200520144314.00-292-79964-010.7560/743366(CKB)1000000000008481(dli)HEB04714(SSID)ssj0000085025(PQKBManifestationID)11124215(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085025(PQKBWorkID)10007388(PQKB)11569687(MiAaPQ)EBC3442959(Au-PeEL)EBL3442959(CaPaEBR)ebr5003147(OCoLC)45727935(DE-B1597)588269(DE-B1597)9780292799646(EXLCZ)99100000000000848119980827d1999 ub 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtccrWestern representations of the Muslim woman[electronic resource] from termagant to odalisque /Mohja Kahf1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press19991 online resource (207 p. )1 ill. ;Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-74337-8 0-292-74336-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-195) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- One INTRODUCTION -- Two THE MUSLIM WOMAN IN MEDIEVAL TEXTS -- Three THE MUSLIM WOMAN IN RENAISSANCE TEXTS -- Four THE MUSLIM WOMAN FROM ENLIGHTENMENT TO ROMANTICISM -- Five CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEXVeiled, 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.ACLS Humanities E-Book.Muslim womenWomen in literatureElectronic books.Muslim women.Women in literature.305.48/6971Kahf Mohja1967-893724MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450140003321Western representations of the Muslim woman2069577UNINA