Western representations of the Muslim woman : from termagant to odalisque / / Mohja Kahf

• Autore: Kahf Mohja <1967->
• Pubblicazione: Austin, : University of Texas Press, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p. ) : 1 ill.
• Disciplina: 305.48/6971
• Soggetto topico: Muslim women; Women in literature
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-195) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- 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 -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Veiled, 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Western representations of the Muslim woman
• ISBN: 0-292-79964-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824349603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: ACLS Humanities E-Book.