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Paperback Rethinking Orientalism: Women, Travel, and the Ottoman Harem Book

ISBN: 0813535433

ISBN13: 9780813535432

Rethinking Orientalism: Women, Travel, and the Ottoman Harem

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During the nineteenth century, the figure of the passive, oppressed, yet highly sexualized female of the Muslim harem became the pivotal figure of Western orientalism. Despite recent challenges to orientalist thinking, however, an enduring mystique continues to surround Western perceptions of Eastern women.

In Rethinking Orientalism, Reina Lewis makes a major contribution to correcting the prevailing stereotype of the subjugated,...

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