ISBN:
0816613834
,
0816613842
,
9780816613830
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxii, 135 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Theory and history of literature v. 21
Uniform Title:
Harem colonial. 〈engl.〉
Parallel Title:
Print version Colonial Harem
DDC:
305.40965
Keywords:
Harems
;
Women Social conditions
;
Postcards
;
Photography of women
;
Harems
;
Photography of women
;
Postcards ; Algeria
;
Women ; Algeria ; Social conditions
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
A collection of picture postcards of Algerian women exploited by the French, this "album" illustrates a powerful analysis of the distorting, denigrating effects of their presence on Algerian Society
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Introduction; 1. The Orient as Stereotype and Phantasm; 2. Women from the Outside: Obstacle and Transparency; 3. Women's Prisons; 4. Women's Quarters; 5. Couples; 6. The Figures of the Harem: Dress and Jewelry; 7. Inside the Harem: The Rituals; 8. Song and Dance: Almehs and Bayaderes; 9. Oriental Sapphism; 10. The Colonial Harem: Images of a Suberoticism; Notes; Selected Bibliography;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
,
Translation of: Le harem colonial
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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