Women's Orients--English Women and the Middle East, 1718-1918: Sexuality, Religion, and WorkUniversity of Michigan Press, 1995 - 417 pages A study of two centuries of British women's travel to the Middle East provides new perspectives for understanding the history of colonialism |
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... harem literature ' and the feminine ' travelogue proper ' . By harem literature I mean writing concerned , mainly or wholly , with the material conditions of life and everyday domestic experience of Muslim women . Harem literature was ...
... harem literature ' and the feminine ' travelogue proper ' . By harem literature I mean writing concerned , mainly or wholly , with the material conditions of life and everyday domestic experience of Muslim women . Harem literature was ...
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... harem . Harem literature , I further argue , presents us with two related processes : the comparison between Western and Middle Eastern culture and criticism on the West . The encounter with a non- monogamous system of sexuality that ...
... harem . Harem literature , I further argue , presents us with two related processes : the comparison between Western and Middle Eastern culture and criticism on the West . The encounter with a non- monogamous system of sexuality that ...
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... harem literature is , sui - generis , ' women's literature ' , had become widespread . The best illustration to this is that the association between gender and travel had filtered down , from the travelogue to mass - circulation ...
... harem literature is , sui - generis , ' women's literature ' , had become widespread . The best illustration to this is that the association between gender and travel had filtered down , from the travelogue to mass - circulation ...
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A Note on the Historiography | 4 |
14 | 29 |
Literary Travellers | 48 |
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Women's Orients--English Women and the Middle East, 1718-1918: Sexuality ... Billie Melman Affichage d'extraits - 1992 |
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