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• catalog abstract "So recalls Fatema Mernissi at the outset of her mesmerizing new book. Of all the lessons she learned from her grandmother -- whose home was, after all, a type of prison -- the most central was that the opportunity to cross boundaries was a sacred privilege. Indeed, in journeys both physical and mental, Mernissi has spent virtually all of her life traveling -- determined to "use her wings" and to renounce her gender's alleged legacy of powerlessness. Bursting with the vitality of Mernissi's personality and of her rich heritage, Scheherazade Goes West reveals the author's unique experiences as a liberated, independent Moroccan woman faced with the peculiarities and unexpected encroachments of Western culture. Her often surprising discoveries about the conditions of and attitudes toward women around the world -- and the exquisitely embroidered amalgam of cleareyed autobiography and dazzling meta-fiction by which she relates those assorted discoveries -- add up to a deliciously wry, engagingly cosmopolitan, and deeply penetrating narrative. So recalls Fatema Mernissi at the outset of her mesmerizing new book. Of all the lessons she learned from her grandmother -- whose home was, after all, a type of prison -- the most central was that the opportunity to cross boundaries was a sacred privilege. Indeed, in journeys both physical and mental, Mernissi has spent virtually all of her life traveling -- determined to "use her wings" and to renounce her gender's alleged legacy of powerlessness. Bursting with the vitality of Mernissi's personality and of her rich heritage, Scheherazade Goes West reveals the author's unique experiences as a liberated, independent Moroccan woman faced with the peculiarities and unexpected encroachments of Western culture. Her often surprising discoveries about the conditions of and attitudes toward women around the world -- and the exquisitely embroidered amalgam of cleareyed autobiography and dazzling meta-fiction by which she relates those assorted discoveries -- add up to a deliciously wry, engagingly cosmopolitan, and deeply penetrating narrative. In her previous bestselling works, Mernissi -- widely recognized as the world's greatest living Koranic scholar and Islamic sociologist -- has shed unprecedented light on the lives of women in the Middle East. Now, as a writer and scholarly veteran of the high-wire act of staraddling disparate societies, she trains her eyes on the female culture of the West.".
• catalog contributor b12109162.
• catalog created "c2001.".
• catalog date "2001".
• catalog date "c2001.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "So recalls Fatema Mernissi at the outset of her mesmerizing new book. Of all the lessons she learned from her grandmother -- whose home was, after all, a type of prison -- the most central was that the opportunity to cross boundaries was a sacred privilege. Indeed, in journeys both physical and mental, Mernissi has spent virtually all of her life traveling -- determined to "use her wings" and to renounce her gender's alleged legacy of powerlessness. Bursting with the vitality of Mernissi's personality and of her rich heritage, Scheherazade Goes West reveals the author's unique experiences as a liberated, independent Moroccan woman faced with the peculiarities and unexpected encroachments of Western culture. Her often surprising discoveries about the conditions of and attitudes toward women around the world -- and the exquisitely embroidered amalgam of cleareyed autobiography and dazzling meta-fiction by which she relates those assorted discoveries -- ".
• catalog description "Tale of the lady with the feather dress -- Sex in the Western harem -- Western harem front -- Mind as erotic weapon -- Scheherazade goes West -- Intelligence versus beauty -- Jacques's harem : unveiled but silent beauties -- My harem : Harun Ar-Rachid, the sexy caliph -- Majliss : pleasure as sacred ritual -- Intimacy of a European harem : Monsieur Ingres -- Aggressive Shirin hunts for love -- Princess Nur-Jahan chases tigers -- Size 6: Western women's harem.".
• catalog description "add up to a deliciously wry, engagingly cosmopolitan, and deeply penetrating narrative. So recalls Fatema Mernissi at the outset of her mesmerizing new book. Of all the lessons she learned from her grandmother -- whose home was, after all, a type of prison -- the most central was that the opportunity to cross boundaries was a sacred privilege. Indeed, in journeys both physical and mental, Mernissi has spent virtually all of her life traveling -- determined to "use her wings" and to renounce her gender's alleged legacy of powerlessness. Bursting with the vitality of Mernissi's personality and of her rich heritage, Scheherazade Goes West reveals the author's unique experiences as a liberated, independent Moroccan woman faced with the peculiarities and unexpected encroachments of Western culture. Her often surprising discoveries about the conditions of and attitudes toward women around the world -- ".
• catalog description "and the exquisitely embroidered amalgam of cleareyed autobiography and dazzling meta-fiction by which she relates those assorted discoveries -- add up to a deliciously wry, engagingly cosmopolitan, and deeply penetrating narrative. In her previous bestselling works, Mernissi -- widely recognized as the world's greatest living Koranic scholar and Islamic sociologist -- has shed unprecedented light on the lives of women in the Middle East. Now, as a writer and scholarly veteran of the high-wire act of staraddling disparate societies, she trains her eyes on the female culture of the West.".
• catalog extent "ix, 228 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Scheherazade goes west.".
• catalog identifier "0743412427".
• catalog isFormatOf "Scheherazade goes west.".
• catalog issued "2001".
• catalog issued "c2001.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Pocket Books,".
• catalog relation "Scheherazade goes west.".
• catalog subject "305.42 21".
• catalog subject "East and West.".
• catalog subject "HQ1170 .M467 2001".
• catalog subject "HQ1170 .M47 2001".
• catalog subject "Harems Public opinion Cross-cultural studies.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Tale of the lady with the feather dress -- Sex in the Western harem -- Western harem front -- Mind as erotic weapon -- Scheherazade goes West -- Intelligence versus beauty -- Jacques's harem : unveiled but silent beauties -- My harem : Harun Ar-Rachid, the sexy caliph -- Majliss : pleasure as sacred ritual -- Intimacy of a European harem : Monsieur Ingres -- Aggressive Shirin hunts for love -- Princess Nur-Jahan chases tigers -- Size 6: Western women's harem.".
• catalog title "Scheherazade goes west : different cultures, different harems / Fatema Mernissi.".
• catalog type "Cross-cultural studies. fast".
• catalog type "text".