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dc.contributor.authorDouglas, Chas
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-30T10:46:45Z
dc.date.available2020-04-30T10:46:45Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-25
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholars.carroll.edu/handle/20.500.12647/7281
dc.description.abstractThis paper attempts to define the Arabic term harem, using representations from Ahdaf Soueif’s novel The Map of Love and Fatima Mernissi’s memoir Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood, plus visual renditions by John Frederick Lewis. While presenting the harem as positive space, both The Map of Love and Lewis’s paintings conclude that the harem is place of peace, tranquility, and content. Yet, Dreams of Trespass offers more than one representation that conflicts with The Map of Love and Lewis’s paintings: A representation of a negative nature and the other, of a neutral nature. Through the exploration of multiple representations of the harem, this research paper concludes that the harem is a contested space.
dc.titleA Contested Space
carrollscholars.object.disciplinesLanguage Interpretation and Translation
carrollscholars.legacy.itemurlhttps://scholars.carroll.edu/surf/2019/all/117
carrollscholars.legacy.contextkey14307246
carrollscholars.object.majorEnglish Writing and Literature
carrollscholars.object.fieldofstudyLanguage and Culture
carrollscholars.location.campusbuildingCampus Center - Rice
carrollscholars.event.startdate4/25/2019 14:15
carrollscholars.event.enddate4/25/2019 14:30
carrollscholars.contributor.emailcdouglas@carroll.edu
carrollscholars.contributor.institutionCarroll College


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