A. Jarmakani

eBook, PDF

Imagining Arab Womanhood (eBook, PDF)

The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U.S.

Beschreibung

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.

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
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• Größe: 2.52MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

AMIRA JARMAKANI is Assistant Professor in the Women's Studies Institute at Georgia State University, USA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230612112
• Artikelnr.: 44929441

Rezensionen

'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