On Odalisques, Veils, Harems and Moorish Slippers: The Archetype of Scheherazade in 20th-century Spanish Narrative

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Yasmina Romero Morales
The aim of this article is to focus on one of the most common Moroccan female characters in twentieth-century Spanish narrative, a character influenced by the mythical Scheherazade. The article analyzes the archetype in sixty-two literary sources —novels and short stories— written by women. The analysis takes a necessary gender perspective, and is grounded on the theoretical principles of postcolonial criticism and cultural studies.
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Scheherazade, Spanish literature, women writers, otherness, orientalism

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Romero Morales, Yasmina. “On Odalisques, Veils, Harems and Moorish Slippers: The Archetype of Scheherazade in 20th-century Spanish Narrative”. Lectora: Journal of Women and Textuality, 2018, no. 24, pp. 223-38, http://raco.cat/index.php/Lectora/article/view/343422.
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