Colonial Harem.
Title:
Colonial Harem.
Author:
Alloula, Malek.
ISBN:
9780816682188
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (160 pages)
Series:
Theory and History of Literature
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.
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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