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The colonial harem / Malek Alloula ; translation by Myrna Godzich and Wlad Godzich ; introduction by Barbara Harlow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alloula, Malek.
- Series:
- Theory and history of literature ; v. 21.
- Theory and history of literature ; v. 21
- Standardized Title:
- Harem colonial. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harems.
- Photography of women.
- Postcards--Algeria.
- Postcards.
- Women--Algeria--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 135 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1986.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A collection of picture postcards of Algerian women exploited by the French, this "album" illustrates a powerful analysis of the distorting, denigrating effects of their presence on Algerian Society.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. The Orient as Stereotype and Phantasm; 2. Women from the Outside: Obstacle and Transparency; 3. Women's Prisons; 4. Women's Quarters; 5. Couples; 6. The Figures of the Harem: Dress and Jewelry; 7. Inside the Harem: The Rituals; 8. Song and Dance: Almehs and Bayaderes; 9. Oriental Sapphism; 10. The Colonial Harem: Images of a Suberoticism; Notes; Selected Bibliography
- Notes:
- Translation of: Le harem colonial.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-8218-6
- OCLC:
- 171126472
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb02140 hdl
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