Record Nr.

UNINA9910784495403321

Autore

Alloula Malek

Titolo

The colonial harem / / Malek Alloula ; translation by Myrna Godzich and Wlad Godzich ; introduction by Barbara Harlow

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1986
©1986

ISBN

0-8166-8218-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 135 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Theory and history of literature ; ; v. 21

Disciplina

305.40965

305.486971065

Soggetti

Harems

Photography of women

Postcards - Algeria

Women - Algeria - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Le harem colonial.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910689699003321

Titolo

Hispanic health : problems with coverage, access, and health disparities : hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Health of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, on examining Hispanic health problems, focusing on coverage, access, and health disparities, September 23, 2002

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 80 p.)

Soggetti

Hispanic Americans - Medical care

Hispanic Americans - Health and hygiene