Women's Orients--English Women and the Middle East, 1718-1918: Sexuality, Religion, and WorkUniversity of Michigan Press, 1992 - 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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... polygamy and concubinage - are in the pre - Islamic era . Polygamy , concubinage and various forms of segregation had been practised in Mediterranean soci- eties before the Arab conquest of the Middle East.8 The Greeks had sequestered ...
... polygamy and concubinage - are in the pre - Islamic era . Polygamy , concubinage and various forms of segregation had been practised in Mediterranean soci- eties before the Arab conquest of the Middle East.8 The Greeks had sequestered ...
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... POLYGAMY AND CONCUBINAGE Sometime in the Spring of 1847 , Harriet Martineau , famous writer , Radical , populariser ... polygamy and segregation : I declare that if we are to look for a hell upon earth , it is where polygamy exists ; and ...
... POLYGAMY AND CONCUBINAGE Sometime in the Spring of 1847 , Harriet Martineau , famous writer , Radical , populariser ... polygamy and segregation : I declare that if we are to look for a hell upon earth , it is where polygamy exists ; and ...
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... Polygamy brings forth horror , disgust and pity . But more important , the writers are complacent and self - congratulatory . They , fortunately for them , are not Muslim . Christianity is the emancipator of women , both as individuals ...
... Polygamy brings forth horror , disgust and pity . But more important , the writers are complacent and self - congratulatory . They , fortunately for them , are not Muslim . Christianity is the emancipator of women , both as individuals ...
Table des matières
A Prosopography of Travel 17631914 | 25 |
AUTONOMY | 57 |
Lady | 77 |
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Women's Orients--English Women and the Middle East, 1718-1918: Sexuality ... Billie Melman Affichage d'extraits - 1995 |
Women's Orients--English Women and the Middle East, 1718-1918: Sexuality ... Billie Melman Affichage d'extraits - 1992 |
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