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Crossing borders : love between women in medieval French and Arabic literatures / Sahar Amer.
- Amer, Sahar
- Date:
- [2008], ©2008
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008], ©2008.
Physical description
xii, 252 pages ; 24 cm.
Series
Contributors
Contents
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-238) and index.
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineTPO.AI.AA2Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780812240870
- 0812240871