<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

Published Online: Mar 14, 2017

Page range: 229 - 238

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

Keywords
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

Published Online: Mar 14, 2017

Page range: 229 - 238

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

KeywordsArab 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.

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