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Imagining Arab womanhood : the cultural mythology of veils, harems, and belly dancers in the U.S.

Title
Imagining Arab womanhood : the cultural mythology of veils, harems, and belly dancers in the U.S. / Amira Jarmakani.
Author
Jarmakani, Amira, 1974-
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
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Description
xiii, 236 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Women, Arab
  • Orientalism > United States
  • Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-228) and index.
Contents
Introduction : 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.
Call Number
JFD 08-2093
ISBN
  • 0230604722
  • 9780230604728
LCCN
2007032144
OCLC
  • 164802507
  • vendorOCN164802507
Author
Jarmakani, Amira, 1974-
Title
Imagining Arab womanhood : the cultural mythology of veils, harems, and belly dancers in the U.S. / Amira Jarmakani.
Imprint
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-228) and index.
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