[PDF.06ul] Western Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant to Odalisque

Western Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant to Odalisque

[PDF.aq46] Western Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant to Odalisque

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 | #2071573 in Books |  1999-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.51 x5.98l,.67 | File type: PDF | 219 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent book|By Anthro-dr|An excellent book - very important for the study of representations of Muslim women in literature.|12 of 19 people found the following review helpful.| pre-orientalist representations of the Muslim woman|By Aish|Kahf offers an interesting account of European representations of the Muslim woman prior| |"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 conve

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 Wester...

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