Crossing borders:love between women in medieval French and Arabic literatures
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
The Middle Ages series |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 252 p.: ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780812240870 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0812240871 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | I565 |
CLC: |
I565.093 I565.063 I371.063 I371.093 |
Call Number: | I565.063/A512 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-238) and index. 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. |