Female Muslim monsters arose in the colonial era from sexualized body imagery

Evidence

Sexual fantasies of Oriental women were not limited to seductive Muslim and Jewish females, but often included the darker aspects of the sexual power attached to these figures. This led to the production of some of the only female Muslim monsters found outside the Middle Ages. Muslim female monsters emerged in the colonial era because of the multiplicity of ways that Muslim female bodies were envisioned- “as mother, evil seducer, licentious aberration.” — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 413

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• QUESTION: The paragraph cuts off mid-sentence - which specific ‘female Muslim monsters’ does Arjana name next? Worth chasing the following paragraphs for concrete examples of this rare figure.

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