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

Al-Jayikh Ali Kareem

doi:10.1515/genst-2017-0015

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

Gender Studies

Volume 15 (2016): Issue 1 (December 2016)

By: Al-Jayikh Ali Kareem

Open Access

|Mar 2017

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).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2017-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2286-0134 | Journal ISSN: 1583-980X

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Language: English

Page range: 229 - 238

Published on: Mar 14, 2017

Published by: West University of Timisoara

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

Arab American,

Arab and Muslim female’s body,

border,

harem,

Related subjects:

Literary studies, general,

Linguistics and semiotics,

Applied linguistics,

Applied linguistics, other,

Cultural studies,

Topics in cultural studies,

Gender

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Volume 15 (2016): Issue 1 (December 2016)