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Western Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant to Odalisque Paperback - 1999

by Mohja Kahf


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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.

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  • Title Western Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant to Odalisque
  • Author Mohja Kahf
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 219
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999-06-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780292743373 / 0292743378
  • Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.92 x 5.99 x 0.48 in (22.66 x 15.21 x 1.22 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Women in literature, Muslim women
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-41903
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.486

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  • Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2000, Page 21

About the author

Mohja Kahf is a professor in the English department and the Middle Eastern Studies Program at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

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