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



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Autore: Roberts Mary <1965-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Intimate outsiders : the harem in Ottoman and Orientalist art and travel literature / / Mary Roberts Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 pages) : 39 illustrations (including 32 in color)
Disciplina: 700/.455
700.455
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto geografico: Turkey Relations England
England Relations Turkey
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.
Altri titoli varianti: Harem in Ottoman and Orientalist art and travel literature
Titolo autorizzato: Intimate outsiders  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8223-3956-0
1-282-92360-9
9786612923609
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910807006603321
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Serie: e-Duke books scholarly collection. Objects/histories.