Imagining Arab Womanhood
The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U.S.
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Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveimaginingarabwom00jarm
- Internet Archiveimaginingarabwom0000jarm
- ISBN-100230604722
- ISBN-139780230604728
- LibraryThing5449975
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- Goodreads3135808
- Library of Congress Control Number2007032144
- OCLC Control Number164802507
- Better World Books9780230604728
- Better World BooksP8-CIY-080
- Open LibraryOL10194860M
Classifications
- LCCGN635.N42HM401-1281G
- LCCHQ1784 .J37 2008
Description
"Imagining Arab Womanhood examines orientalist images of Arab womanhood in the United States since the turn of the twentieth century, exploring, in particular, representations of belly dancers, harem girls, and veiled women. Through semiotic analysis, Jarmakani demonstrates that these images have functioned as nostalgic placeholders for pressing, yet unarticulated concerns about shifting spatial and temporal realities within the contexts of expansionism/modernization and imperialism/late capitalism. Calling these representations cultural mythologies, Jarmakani maps them onto dominant American narratives of power and progress, insisting on an analysis that understands them to be artifacts shaped by the interests of the American contexts in which they circulate. Imagining Arab Womanhood is a vital addition to conversations about representation, race, and gender."--Jacket.
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