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portada Imagining Arab Womanhood: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U. S.
Type
Physical Book
Year
2008
Language
English
Pages
236
Format
Hardcover
Weight
1
ISBN
0230604722
ISBN13
9780230604728
Edition No.
2008

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

Amira Jarmakani (Author) · Palgrave Macmillan · Hardcover

Imagining Arab Womanhood: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U. S. - Amira Jarmakani

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Synopsis "Imagining Arab Womanhood: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U. S."

Imagining Arab Womanhood examines orientalist images of Arab womanhood in the United States since the turn of the twentieth century, exploring, in particular, representations of belly dancers, harem girls, and veiled women. Through semiotic analysis, Jarmakani demonstrates that these images have functioned as nostalgic placeholders for pressing, yet unarticulated concerns about shifting spatial and temporal realities within the contexts of expansionism/modernization and imperialism/late capitalism. Calling these representations cultural mythologies, Jarmakani maps them onto dominant American narratives of power and progress, insisting on an analysis that understands them to be artifacts shaped by the interests of the American contexts in which they circulate. Imagining Arab Womanhood is a vital addition to conversations about representation, race, and gender.

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