Desert Passions: Orientalism and Romance Novels

by Hsu-Ming Teo

Book Overview

The Sheik-E. M. Hull's best-selling novel that became a wildly popular film starring Rudolph Valentino-kindled "sheik fever" across the Western world in the 1920s. A craze for all things romantically "Oriental" swept through fashion, film, and literature, spawning imitations and parodies without number. While that fervor has largely subsided, tales of passion between Western women and Arab men continue to enthrall readers of today's mass-market...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292756909
• ISBN13: 9780292756908
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"