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The Agency of Muslim Women in the Narrative of Cervantes
- Author(s):
- Minni Sawhney (see profile)
- Date:
- 2005
- Group(s):
- Early Modern Iberia, LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama
- Subject(s):
- Islam, North Africa, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Captivity plays, Algiers, Cervantes
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/2sbh-4m63
- Abstract:
- Despite prevailing stereotypes, the Muslim women in Cervantes' captivity plays are forthright, ambitious and endowed with considerable agency. Though there is no evidence that Cervantes had read Erasmus, yet his portrayal of women shows them as standing their ground during adversity.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Publisher:
- Mirabel Editorial
- Pub. Date:
- 2005
- Journal:
- Anuario de Estudios Cervantinos
- Volume:
- II
- Issue:
- II
- Page Range:
- 105 - 112
- ISSN:
- 1697-4034
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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