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Mejdulene Bernard Shomali examines homoeroticism and nonnormative sexualities between Arab women in transnational Arab literature, art, and film to show how women, femmes, and nonbinary people disrupt stereotypical and Orientalist representations of the “Arab woman.”

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. A Thousand and One Scheherazades: Arab Femininities and Foreclosing Discourses 27
2. Between Women: Homoeroticism in Golden Era Egyptian Cinema 58
3. Longing in Arabic: Ambivalent Identities in Arabic Novels 90
4. Love Letters: Queer Intimacies and the Arabic Language 119
5. Sahq: Queer Femme Futures 138
Notes 175
Bibliography 187
Index 199

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      Publisher Duke University Press
      Published 17 February 2023
      ISBN-13 9781478019275
      978-1478019275
      ISBN-10 1478019271
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Mejdulene Bernard Shomali examines homoeroticism and nonnormative sexualities between Arab women in transnational Arab literature, art, and film to show how women, femmes, and nonbinary people disrupt stereotypical and Orientalist representations of the “Arab woman.”

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments ix
      Introduction 1
      1. A Thousand and One Scheherazades: Arab Femininities and Foreclosing Discourses 27
      2. Between Women: Homoeroticism in Golden Era Egyptian Cinema 58
      3. Longing in Arabic: Ambivalent Identities in Arabic Novels 90
      4. Love Letters: Queer Intimacies and the Arabic Language 119
      5. Sahq: Queer Femme Futures 138
      Notes 175
      Bibliography 187
      Index 199

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