Imagining Arab Womanhood - The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U.s.

Zusatztext 'This is an outstanding! truly innovative! and very timely project that explores predominant images of Arab women in U.S. popular culture.' - Nadine Naber! Program in American Culture and Department of Women's Studies! University of Michigan! USA Informationen zum Autor AMIRA JARMAKANI is Assistant Professor in the Women's Studies Institute at Georgia State University, USA. Klappentext A fascinating demonstration of how U.S. representations of veils, harems, and belly dancers have operated as nostalgic and exotic symbols to help rationalize dominant U.S. narratives about power and progress. Zusammenfassung A fascinating demonstration of how U.S. representations of veils! harems! and belly dancers have operated as nostalgic and exotic symbols to help rationalize dominant U.S. narratives about power and progress. Inhaltsverzeichnis Excavating Orientalist Images of Arab Womanhood Traveling Orientalism: U.S. Echoes of a French Tradition Dancing the Hootchy Kootchy: The Rhythms and Contortions of American Orientalism Selling Little Egypt: The Commodification of Arab Womanhood Veiled Intentions: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the Service of Empire, Security and Globalization

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• Authors: A Jarmakani, A. Jarmakani, Amira Jarmakani
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.11.2010
• EAN: 9780230103306
• ISBN: 978-0-230-10330-6
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Islam, B, Gender Studies, Dance, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Ethnicity, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Ethnicity Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Ethnology—Middle East, Middle Eastern Culture, dancing;globalization;service;Tradition