Intimate outsiders : the harem in Ottoman and Orientalist art and travel literature

Intimate outsiders : the harem in Ottoman and Orientalist art and travel literature /

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberts, Mary, 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Series:Objects/histories.
Subjects:
Harems in art.
Orientalism in art.
Art, Turkish > 19th century.
Travelers' writings, English > Turkey > History and criticism.
Harems > Turkey > Istanbul > History > 19th century.
Harems > Egypt > Cairo > History > 19th century.
Women > Turkey > Social conditions > 19th century.
Women.
Gender identity.
Turkey > Relations > England.
England > Relations > Turkey.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. John Frederick Lewis's Harem paintings.
  • The languid lotus-eater
  • "Mr. Lewis's oriental paradises"
  • pt. 2. British women's travelogues.
  • Pleasures in detail
  • Being seen
  • Sartorial adventures and satiric narratives
  • pt. 3. Harem portraiture.
  • The politics of portraiture behind the veil
  • Oriental dreams.

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