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.
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.
Mary Roberts is the John Schaeffer Associate Professor in British Art at the University of Sydney. She is a coeditor of Orientalism’s Interlocutors: Painting, Architecture, Photography, also published by Duke University Press.
Inhaltsangabe
Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Intimate Outsiders 1 Part 1: John Frederick Lewis's Harem Paintings Chapter One. The Languid Lotus-Eater 19 Chapter Two. "Mr. Lewis's Oriental paradises" 38 Part 2: British Women's Travelogues Chapter Three. Pleasures in Detail 59 Chapter Four. Being Seen 80 Chapter Five. Sartorial Adventures and Satiric Narratives 92 Part 3: Harem Portraiture Chapter Six. The Politics of Portraiture behind the Veil 109 Chapter Seven. Oriental Dreams 128 Epilogue 150 Notes 157 Selected Bibliography 177 Index 187
Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Intimate Outsiders 1 Part 1: John Frederick Lewis's Harem Paintings Chapter One. The Languid Lotus-Eater 19 Chapter Two. "Mr. Lewis's Oriental paradises" 38 Part 2: British Women's Travelogues Chapter Three. Pleasures in Detail 59 Chapter Four. Being Seen 80 Chapter Five. Sartorial Adventures and Satiric Narratives 92 Part 3: Harem Portraiture Chapter Six. The Politics of Portraiture behind the Veil 109 Chapter Seven. Oriental Dreams 128 Epilogue 150 Notes 157 Selected Bibliography 177 Index 187
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