Reading Arabia : British Orientalism in the Age of Mass Publication, 1880-1930 / Andrew C. Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Long, Andrew C.

Series:

Contemporary Issues in the Middle East

Contemporary issues in the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.

Fantasy in literature.

Arabs in literature.

British literature--History and criticism.

British literature.

Arabs in mass media.

Orientalism in mass media.

Arabs in popular culture--Great Britain--History.

Arabs in popular culture.

Orientalism--Great Britain--History.

Orientalism.

Arab countries--Foreign public opinion, British.

Arab countries.

Arab countries--Relations--Great Britain.

Great Britain--Relations--Arab countries.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reading Arabia traces the evolving tradition of British Orientalism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, examining the role of mass print culture in constructing the British public's perception of "Arabia." Long brings together close readings and ideological analyses of primary texts by Richard Burton, Charles Doughty, Robert Cunninghame Graham, Marmaduke Pickthall, and T. E. Lawrence, along with pamphlets, journalism and commentary, silent films, stage spectacles, and travel literature. Through these texts, Long examines the fantasy of the Orient and its constitutive function. Building on the pioneering work of Edward Said, Reading Arabia looks beyond foreign policy debates and issues of human rights to show how British Orientalism is rooted in words and phrases of a popular culture that shaped the way the public read and imagined the Arab world.

Contents:

Introduction: Britain at the fin de siecle and the Orientalist unconscious

The two tangents of British Orientalism : Burton and Doughty, dandy and prophet in the 1880's

Khartoum nightmare : popular literature of the British campaign in the Sudan

A refusal and a traversal : Robert Cunninghame Graham's engagement with Orientalism in Mogreb-el-Acksa

Orientalism from within and without : Marmaduke Pickthall

The Arabist as abject modern : T.E. Lawrence

Conclusion: How to read the Orientalist archive.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815652328

0815652321

OCLC:

879306256