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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... metaphors , or the metaphor of the theatre , to describe landscapes . The metaphor of nature as a theatre , or a drama , a spectacle , is very appropriate . The Nile and the desert were habitu- ally perceived as mobile , historically ...
... metaphors , or the metaphor of the theatre , to describe landscapes . The metaphor of nature as a theatre , or a drama , a spectacle , is very appropriate . The Nile and the desert were habitu- ally perceived as mobile , historically ...
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... metaphor of ' sea ' or ' ocean ' are , neither of them , lost on Lady Anne . I already mentioned that the entire ... metaphor of the sea and in the reference to the painterly picturesque . But conventional images and metaphors as well as ...
... metaphor of ' sea ' or ' ocean ' are , neither of them , lost on Lady Anne . I already mentioned that the entire ... metaphor of the sea and in the reference to the painterly picturesque . But conventional images and metaphors as well as ...
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... metaphor see for example George Roppen , Strangers and Pilgrims : An Essay on the Metaphor of Journey ( New York , 1964 ) ; Frances Power Cobb Cities of the past ( London , 1863 ) pp . 135-6 ; Harriet Martineau , Eastern Life Present ...
... metaphor see for example George Roppen , Strangers and Pilgrims : An Essay on the Metaphor of Journey ( New York , 1964 ) ; Frances Power Cobb Cities of the past ( London , 1863 ) pp . 135-6 ; Harriet Martineau , Eastern Life Present ...
Table des matières
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 |
Women's Orients--English Women and the Middle East, 1718-1918: Sexuality ... Billie Melman Affichage d'extraits - 1992 |
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