<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> 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).</p></abstract>

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).

Gender and the Dark Side of the Border in Laila Lalami’s Hope and other Dangerous Pursuits

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Gender Studies

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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...

Gender and the Dark Side of the Border in Laila Lalami’s Hope and other Dangerous Pursuits

Publié en ligne: 14 mars 2017

Pages: 229 - 238

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2017-0015

Mots clés
Arab American, Arab and Muslim female’s body, border, harem, Orientalism

© by Al-Jayikh Ali Kareem

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Gender and the Dark Side of the Border in Laila Lalami’s Hope and other Dangerous Pursuits

Publié en ligne: 14 mars 2017

Pages: 229 - 238

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2017-0015

Mots clésArab American, Arab and Muslim female’s body, border, harem, Orientalism

© by Al-Jayikh Ali Kareem

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
Arab American, Arab and Muslim female’s body, border, harem, Orientalism