Mohja Kahf

Western Representations of the Muslim Woman

From Termagant to Odalisque

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780292743373
• ISBN-10: 0292743378
• Artikelnr.: 21915897

Autorenporträt

Mohja Kahf is Assistant Professor in the English Department and the Middle Eastern Studies Program at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* 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