FGSS 2701

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FGSS 2701
Forbidden Sex: Arabian Nights

Course information provided by the 2019-2020 Catalog.

What does the representation of sexual encounter in the Arabian Nights ('Alf layla-wa layla) have to do with a politics of race and gender? This course explores the millenia-long history of mediations and translations of this ancient Perso-Arabic text across literature, film, and popular culture, in the Middle East and in Europe. We will pay attention to the transmission of phobic tropes about female sexuality and miscegenation, or "interracial" sex as they manifest in various versions of 1001 Nights across time and space.


Course Attribute (CU-ITL)

Distribution Category (LA-AS)

When Offered Fall.

Breadth Requirement (GHB)

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Syllabi: none

  • 18010 FGSS 2701   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person