Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures

Sahar Amer

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2008

Crossing Borders

Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures

Sahar Amer

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812201086

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About this book

Crossing Borders explores cross-cultural representations of gender and sexual practices in the medieval French and Arabic traditions. Amer demonstrates that the medieval Arabic tradition on eroticism played a determining role in French literary writings on gender and sexuality in the Middle Ages.

Author / Editor information

Sahar Amer is Associate Professor of Asian and International Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Reviews

"Crossing Borders is a bold and groundbreaking work. Situated at the nexus of queer theory and postcolonial medievalism, it interrogates and seeks to conjoin two significant areas of inquiry: the literary representation of lesbianism and the influence of Arabic traditions on medieval French narrative. Working across a range of genres in both languages, Sahar Amer unearths hitherto unrecognized allusions to lesbianism in Old French texts, arguing that these represent traces of Arabic influence on the key genres of romance and epic."—Sharon Kinoshita, University of California, Santa Cruz

"A must read for scholars working in Arabic and European medieval studies, postcolonial theory, queer theory, gender and sexuality, comparative literature, and a variety of other disciplines."—Journal of Arabic Literature

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
CHAPTER ONE. Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries A Cross-Cultural Approach to Same-Sex Love Between Women Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER TWO. Crossing Linguistic Borders Etienne de Fougeres's Livre des Manieres and Arabic Erotic Treatises Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
CHAPTER THREE. 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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
CHAPTER FOUR. Crossing the Lines of Friendship Jean Renart's Escoufle, Saracen Silk, and Intercultural Encounters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
CHAPTER FIVE. Crossing Social and Cultural Borders Jean Renart's Escoufle and the Traditions of Zarf, ]awaris, and Qaynas in the Islamicate World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
CONCLUSION. Beyond Orientalist Presuppositions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Keywords: Literature; Women's Studies; Gender Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Gender Studies

eBook

Published: March 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780812201086