Unveiling Desire: Fallen Women in Literature, Culture, and Films of the East

Unveiling Desire: Fallen Women in Literature, Culture, and Films of the East Praca zbiorowa Wydawca: Rutgers University Press Data wydania: 2018 ISBN: 9780813587851 Liczba stron: 304 Format: 235 x 156 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: Demonstrates that the duality of the fallen/saved woman is as prevalent in Eastern culture as it is in the West. Using examples from the Middle to Far East, this anthology challenges the fascination with Eastern women as passive, abject, or sexually exotic, but also resists focusing on the veil, geisha, or Muslim women s oppression without exploring Eastern women s sexuality beyond these contexts.