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

• Autore: Roberts Mary <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 pages) : 39 illustrations (including 32 in color)
• Disciplina: 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
• ISBN: 0-8223-3956-0; 1-282-92360-9; 9786612923609
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780602703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Objects/histories.