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Roberts Mary <1965-> |
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Intimate outsiders : the harem in Ottoman and Orientalist art and travel literature / / Mary Roberts |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007 |
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0-8223-3956-0 |
1-282-92360-9 |
9786612923609 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 pages) : 39 illustrations (including 32 in color) |
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Soggetti |
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Harems in art |
Orientalism in art - England |
Art, Turkish - 19th century |
Travelers' writings, English - Turkey - History and criticism |
Harems - Turkey - Istanbul - History - 19th century |
Harems - Egypt - Cairo - History - 19th century |
Women - Turkey - Social conditions - 19th century |
Turkey Relations England |
England Relations Turkey |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-185) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Intimate Outsiders; Part 1: John Frederick Harem Paintings; Chapter One. The Languid Lotus-Eater; Chapter Two. "Mr Lewis's Oriental Paradises"; Part 2: British Women's Travelogues; Chapter Three. Pleasures in Detail; Chapter Four. Being Seen; Chapter Five. Sartorial Adventures and Satiric Narratives; Part 3: Harem Portraiture; Chapter Six. The Politics of Portraiture behind the Veil; Chapter Seven. Oriental Dreams; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Comparative study of 19th-century representations of Ottoman harems that considers both the tradition of British paintings and writings about harems as well as the perspectives of Ottoman women who |
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