Sexual World of the Arabian Nights
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781108425360
Subjects: Sex in literature
Description: "Arabian Nights is a valuable treasure for studying gender and sexuality, it is regrettable to say that in the Middle East this narrative is still disparaged as either bawdy tales or silly tales for children. Yet, the way a culture treats its literature is a function of the nature of society. It is time to re-internalize and appreciate this collection of tales celebrated as one of the outstanding world literature. After all, these tales are a cultural and literary product of the same region"--