6/29/2023 0 Comments Crossing Borders by Sahar Amer![]() By juxtaposing these Arabic texts with French works, she reveals a medieval French literary discourse on same-sex desire and sexual practices that has gone all but unnoticed. ![]() |a "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. |a Crossing disciplinary boundaries : a cross-cultural approach to same-sex love between women - Crossing linguistic borders : Etienne de Fougères's Livre des manières 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. ![]() |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-238) and index. |b love between women in medieval French and Arabic literatures / ![]()
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