04188oam 22008174a 450 99657184710331620240123190111.01-4798-9605-510.18574/9781479896059(CKB)3790000000017032(EBL)2073210(OCoLC)912234731(SSID)ssj0001517280(PQKBManifestationID)12566717(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001517280(PQKBWorkID)11502576(PQKB)10644458(StDuBDS)EDZ0001533253(MiAaPQ)EBC2073210(DE-B1597)547994(DE-B1597)9781479896059(OCoLC)951103577(MdBmJHUP)muse87003(MiAaPQ)EBC4050764(Au-PeEL)EBL4050764(EXLCZ)99379000000001703220160603d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn Imperialist Love StoryDesert Romances and the War on Terror /Amira JarmakaniNew York :New York University Press,[2015]Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2021©[2015]1 online resource (510 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4798-1561-6 1-4798-2086-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-256) and index.Introduction: the romantic sheikh as hero of the War on Terror -- "To catch a sheikh?" in the War on Terror -- Desert is just another word for freedom -- Desiring the big bad blade: the racialization of the sheikh -- To make a woman happy in bed ... -- Conclusion: the ends.A curious figure stalks the pages of a distinct subset of mass-market romance novels, aptly called “desert romances.” Animalistic yet sensitive, dark and attractive, the desert prince or sheikh emanates manliness and raw, sexual power. In the years since September 11, 2001, the sheikh character has steadily risen in popularity in romance novels, even while depictions of Arab masculinity as backward and violent in nature have dominated the cultural landscape. An Imperialist Love Story contributes to the broader conversation about the legacy of orientalist representations of Arabs in Western popular culture. Combining close readings of novels, discursive analysis of blogs and forums, and interviews with authors, Jarmakani explores popular investments in the war on terror by examining the collisions between fantasy and reality in desert romances. Focusing on issues of security, freedom, and liberal multiculturalism, she foregrounds the role that desire plays in contemporary formations of U.S. imperialism. Drawing on transnational feminist theory and cultural studies, An Imperialist Love Story offers a radical reinterpretation of the war on terror, demonstrating romance to be a powerful framework for understanding how it works, and how it perseveres.Deserts in literatureDesire in literatureEast and West in literatureErotic stories, AmericanHistory and criticismHeroes in literatureMasculinity in literatureRomance fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismSocial values in literatureLITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & RomancebisacshDesert romances.Sheikh romances.Deserts in literature.Desire in literature.East and West in literature.Erotic stories, AmericanHistory and criticism.Heroes in literature.Masculinity in literature.Romance fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.Social values in literature.LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance.813.08509Jarmakani Amira1974-1461772MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996571847103316An Imperialist Love Story3670551UNISA