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
Autor principal: Amer, Sahar (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mittelfranzösisch
Arabisch
Literatur
Lesbische Orientierung > Motiv
Lesbians in literature.
French literature.
Arabic literature.
Lesbian heroines in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Lesbiennes dans la litterature.
Litterature arabe > Histoire et critique.
Litterature française > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Homosexuality, Female > history
Arabic literature > History and criticism.
French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Französisch.
Arabisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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 Fougeres's Livre des manieres 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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