The Poetics and Politics of Place: Ottoman Istanbul and British Orientalism

by Reina Lewis and Mary Roberts

This unique collection takes a fresh look at Orientalism by shifting its center from Europe to Ottoman Istanbul and thinking about art in terms of exchange, reciprocity, and comparative imperialisms. This new lens reveals the essential role of the Ottoman city and its patrons and artists in the dialogues that facilitated production, circulation, and consumption of British Orientalist cultures. In this volume, art works are conceptualized as traveling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295991100
• ISBN13: 9780295991108
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.4" x 10.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher