Desert Passions: Orientalism and Romance Novels

Author/Contributor(s):	Teo, Hsu-Ming
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Date:	11/01/2012
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Ranging from "high" literature to erotica and popular fiction, this pioneering cultural history explores the gendered societal and political purposes that have been served by tales of romance between Western women and Arab men.