| Western Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant to Odalisque Contributor(s): Kahf, Mohja (Author) |
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ISBN: 0292799640 ISBN-13: 9780292799646 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $29.75 Product Type: Other - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - General - Social Science | Women's Studies - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 305.486 |
| Physical Information: 213 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |