03498nam 2200709Ia 450 991045536830332120200520144314.01-4696-0578-30-8078-9405-2(CKB)1000000000787201(EBL)454826(OCoLC)435526738(SSID)ssj0000173581(PQKBManifestationID)11165124(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000173581(PQKBWorkID)10165080(PQKB)10708654(StDuBDS)EDZ0000865201(MiAaPQ)EBC454826(MdBmJHUP)muse28047(Au-PeEL)EBL454826(CaPaEBR)ebr10313956(CaONFJC)MIL930276(EXLCZ)99100000000078720120081027d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHow the Arabian nights inspired the American dream, 1790-1935[electronic resource] /Susan NanceChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20091 online resource (359 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-1495-2 0-8078-3274-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Playing Eastern -- Capitalism and the Arabian nights, 1790-1892 -- Ex Oriente Lux : playing Eastern for a living, 1838-1875 -- Wise men of the East and the market for American fraternalism, 1850-1892 -- Arab athleticism and the exoticization of the American dream, 1870-1920 -- Making the familiar strange : the racial politics of Eastern exotic, 1893-1929 -- Eastern femininities for modern women, 1893-1930 -- Turbans and capitalism, 1893-1930 -- Sign of promise : African Americans and Eastern personae in the Great Depression.Americans have always shown a fascination with the people, customs, and legends of the ""East""--witness the popularity of the stories of the Arabian Nights, the performances of Arab belly dancers and acrobats, the feats of turban-wearing vaudeville magicians, and even the antics of fez-topped Shriners. In this captivating volume, Susan Nance provides a social and cultural history of this highly popular genre of Easternized performance in America up to the Great Depression. According to Nance, these traditions reveal how a broad spectrum of Americans, including recent immigrantsOrientalismUnited StatesHistoryPerforming artsSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryPopular cultureUnited StatesHistoryCapitalismSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesCivilizationArab influencesArab countriesForeign public opinion, AmericanUnited StatesCivilization1783-1865United StatesCivilization20th centuryUnited StatesEconomic conditionsElectronic books.OrientalismHistory.Performing artsSocial aspectsHistory.Popular cultureHistory.CapitalismSocial aspectsHistory.909/.0974927Nance Susan607945MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455368303321How the Arabian nights inspired the American dream, 1790-19351125861UNINA