Gender and the Dark Side of the Border in Laila Lalami’s Hope and other Dangerous Pursuits
Mar 14, 2017
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Published Online: Mar 14, 2017
Page range: 229 - 238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2017-0015
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© by Al-Jayikh Ali Kareem
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Starting from Arab-American women’s narratives, this study explores to what extent hegemonic history excludes and silences female Arab bodies and their relation to sexuality. It will also address the issue of present day migration, as reflected by Moroccan-American author Laila Lalami in her novel Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits (2005).