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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807006603321

Autore

Roberts Mary <1965->

Titolo

Intimate outsiders : the harem in Ottoman and Orientalist art and travel literature / / Mary Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-8223-3956-0

1-282-92360-9

9786612923609

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 pages) : 39 illustrations (including 32 in color)

Collana

Objects/histories

Disciplina

700/.455

700.455

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



commissioned their own harem portraits.