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Crossing borders : love between women in medieval French and Arabic literatures / Sahar Amer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Amer, Sahar.
- Series:
- Middle Ages series
- The Middle Ages series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French literature--To 1500--History and criticism.
- French literature.
- Arabic literature--History and criticism.
- Arabic literature.
- Lesbians in literature.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 252 pages).
- Other Title:
- Penn Press e-books.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries: A Cross-Cultural Approach to Same-Sex Love Between Women 1
- Chapter 2 Crossing Linguistic Borders: Etienne de Fougeres's Livre des Manieres and Arabic Erotic Treatises 29
- Chapter 3 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 50
- Chapter 4 Crossing the Lines of Friendship: Jean Renart's Escoufle, Saracen Silk, and Intercultural Encounters 88
- Chapter 5 Crossing Social and Cultural Borders: Jean Renart's Escoufle and the Traditions of Zarf, Jawaris, and Qaynas in the Islamicate World 121
- Conclusion: Beyond Orientalist Presuppositions 161.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-238) and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Amer, Sahar. Crossing borders.
- ISBN:
- 9780812201086
- 0812201086
- OCLC:
- 859161108
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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