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Desert passions : Orientalism and romance novels / Hsu-Ming Teo.

Van Pelt Library PN56.3.O74 T46 2012
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Teo, Hsu-Ming, 1970-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Orientalism in literature.
Romance fiction--History and criticism.
Romance fiction.
Women in literature.
East and West in literature.
Orient--In literature.
Orient.
Draper.
Physical Description:
viii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2012.
Contents:
Loving the Orient : the romantic East and European literature
The rise of the desert romance novel
E. M. Hull's The Sheik
The spectacular East : romantic Orientalism in America
The Orientalist historical romance novel
The contemporary sheik romance novel : the historical background
Harems, houris, heroines, and heroes
From tourism to terrorism
Reader responses to the modern Orientalist romance novel.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780292739383
0292739389
9780292739390
0292739397
OCLC:
825109325

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