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04090aam a2200445 i 4500 001 A48FEA30580511E8A8F83C5097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180515010114 008 171004s2018 nju b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017012773 020 $a 0813587840 020 $a 9780813587844 020 $a 0813587859 020 $a 9780813587851 035 $a (OCoLC)982591466 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d NYP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a------ 050 00 $a HQ29 $b .U58 2018 082 00 $a 306.7082095 $2 23 084 $a LIT004220 $a PER004030 $a LIT008000 $a LIT004220 $2 bisacsh 245 00 $a Unveiling desire : $b fallen women in literature, culture, and films of the East / $c edited by Devaleena Das and Colette Morrow. 264 1 $a New Brunswick, New Jersey : $b Rutgers University Press, $c [2018] 300 $a ix, 286 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "In Unveiling Desire, Devaleena Das and Colette Morrow show that the duality of the fallen/saved woman is as prevalent in Eastern culture as it is in the West, specifically in literature and films. Using examples from the Middle to Far East, including Iran, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Japan, and China, this anthology challenges the fascination with Eastern women as passive, abject, or sexually exotic, but also resists the temptation to then focus on the veil, geisha, sati, or Muslim women's oppression without exploring Eastern women's sexuality beyond these contexts. The chapters cover instead mind/body sexual politics, patriarchal cultural constructs, the anatomy of sex and power in relation to myth and culture, denigration of female anatomy, and gender performativity. From Persepolis to Bollywood, and from fairy tales to crime fiction, the contributors to Unveiling Desire show how the struggle for women's liberation is truly global"--Provided by publisher. 520 $a "The Madonna/whore trope, familiar to anyone who is familiar with the Bible or really, any of the many centuries of cautionary tales written about women's sexuality, is usually seen as a Western construction. In Unveiling Desire, Devaleena Das and Colette Morrow show that unfortunately, the duality of the fallen/saved woman is also prevalent in Eastern culture, specifically in the literature and films of the culture. Using examples from the Middle to Far East, including Iran, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Japan, and China, this anthology challenges the fascination with Eastern women as passive, abject, or sexually exotic, but also resists the temptation to then focus on the veil, geisha, sati, or Muslim women's oppression without exploring Eastern women's sexuality beyond these contexts. The chapters, all original to the volume, cover instead mind/body sexual politics, patriarchal cultural constructs, the anatomy of sex and power in relation to myth and culture, denigration of female anatomy, and gender performativity. From Persepolis to Bollywood, and from fairy tales to crime fiction, the contributors to Unveiling Desire show how the struggle for women's liberation is truly global, and how, by focusing on a wider definition of women's sexuality and agency, the reader can gain a better understanding of how to read these Eastern works"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Women $x Sexual behavior $z Orient. 650 0 $a Femmes fatales $z Orient. 650 0 $a Symbolism $z Orient. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern. $2 bisacsh 700 1 $a Das, Devaleena, $d 1983- $e editor. 700 1 $a Morrow, Colette, $e editor. 776 08 $i Online version: $t Unveiling desire $d New Brunswick, Camden : Rutgers University Press, 2018 $z 9780813587868 $w (DLC) 2017050281 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213012959.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A48FEA30580511E8A8F83C5097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search