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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Mary, 1965-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Objects/histories.

Objects/histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harems in art.

Orientalism in art--England.

Orientalism in art.

Art, Turkish--19th century.

Art, Turkish.

Travelers' writings, English--Turkey--History and criticism.

Travelers' writings, English.

Harems--Turkey--Istanbul--History--19th century.

Harems.

Harems--Egypt--Cairo--History--19th century.

Women--Turkey--Social conditions--19th century.

Women.

Turkey--Relations--England.

Turkey.

England--Relations--Turkey.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages) : 39 illustrations (including 32 in color)

Other Title:

Harem in Ottoman and Orientalist art and travel literature

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Intimate Outsiders; Part 1: John Frederick Harem Paintings; Chapter One. The Languid Lotus-Eater; Chapter Two. "Mr Lewis's Oriental Paradises"; Part 2: British Women's Travelogues; Chapter Three. Pleasures in Detail; Chapter Four. Being Seen; Chapter Five. Sartorial Adventures and Satiric Narratives; Part 3: Harem Portraiture; Chapter Six. The Politics of Portraiture behind the Veil; Chapter Seven. Oriental Dreams; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-185) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612923609

9780822339564

0822339560

9781282923607

1282923609

OCLC:

607358402