Crossing borders : love between women in medieval French and Arabic literatures /

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"In Crossing Borders, Sahar Amer turns to the rich body of Arabic sexological writings to focus, in particular, on their open attitude toward erotic love between women. By juxtaposing these Arabic texts with French works, she reveals a medieval French literary discourse on same-sex desire and s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Amer, Sahar (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2008.
Colección:Middle Ages series.
Temas:
To 1500
French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Arabic literature > History and criticism.
Lesbians in literature.
Lesbian heroines in literature.
Homosexuality, Female > history
Littérature française > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Littérature arabe > Histoire et critique.
Lesbiennes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Lesbian heroines in literature
Arabic literature
French literature
Lesbians in literature
Lesbische Orientierung > Motiv
Literatur
Arabisch
Mittelfranzösisch
Arabisch.
Französisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Crossing disciplinary boundaries : a cross-cultural approach to same-sex love between women
  • Crossing linguistic borders : Etienne de Fougères's Livre des manières and Arabic erotic treatises
  • Crossing sartorial lines : female same-sex marriage in Yde et Olive and The story of Qamar al-Zaman and Princess Boudour from the One thousand and one nights
  • Crossing the lines of friendship : Jean Renart's Escoufle, Saracen silk and intercultural encounters
  • Crossing social and cultural borders : Jean Renart's Escoufle and the traditions of Zarf, Jawaris and Qaynas in the Islamicate world
  • Beyond Orientalist presuppositions.

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