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Queering Orientalism and Contrapuntal Reading
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This article is published in GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies.The article was published on 2017-04-01. It has received 1 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Reading (process).read more
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Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures
TL;DR: In this article, Sahar Amer turns to the rich body of Arabic sexological writings to focus on their open attitude toward erotic love between women and reveal a medieval French literary discourse on same-sex desire and sexual practices.
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The Age of Beloveds: Love and the Beloved in Early-Modern Ottoman and European Culture and Society
TL;DR: Andrews and Kalpakli as mentioned in this paper provide a rich introduction to early modern Ottoman culture through a study of its beautiful lyric love poetry, and suggest provocative cross-cultural parallels in the sociology and spirituality of love in Europe during the long sixteenth century.
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Intimate Outsiders: The Harem in Ottoman and Orientalist Art and Travel Literature
TL;DR: In Intimate Outsiders as discussed by the authors, the art historian Mary Roberts brings to light a body of harem imagery that was created through a dynamic process of cultural exchange, focusing on images produced by nineteenth-century European artists and writers who were granted access to harems in the urban centers of Istanbul and Cairo.