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Enlightenment Orientalism in the American Mind, 1770-1807 / by Matthew H. Pangborn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pangborn, Matthew H., author.
- Series:
- Perspectives on early America ; 2.
- Perspectives on early America ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orientalism--United States--History--18th century.
- Orientalism.
- Orientalism--United States--History--19th century.
- Energy consumption--United States--History.
- Energy consumption.
- Middle East--Foreign public opinion, American.
- Middle East.
- Asia--Foreign public opinion, American.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (283 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, [2018].
- Summary:
- This study engages with the emerging field of energy humanities to provide close readings of several early American oriental-observer tales. The popular genre of orientalism offered Americans a means to critique new ideas of identity, history, and nationality accompanying protoindustrialization and a growing consumerism. The tales thus express a complex self-reflection during a time when America’s exploitation of its energy resources and its engagement in a Franco-British world-system was transforming the daily life of its citizens. The genre of the oriental observer, this study argues, offers intriguing glimpses of a nation becoming strange in the eyes of its own inhabitants.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Americas "Oriental Mirror"
- 1. American Oriental Tales
- 2. Mobility, Luxury, Textuality, and Liberty in Father Bombos Pilgrimage to Mecca (1770)
- 3. The "Oriental" Threat to the Body of America in The Algerine Spy in Pennsylvania (1787)
- 4. The Oriental Spectacle of Western Power in The Algerine Captive (1797)
- 5. History, Nature, and National Progress in Letters of Shahcoolen (1801-1802)
- 6. Woman, Orientalism, and Empire in Salmagundi (1807-1808)
- Epilogue: The Haunted House of Oriental History in The Alhambra (1832)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-78434-1
- 0-429-43422-7
- 0-429-78435-X
- 9780429434228
- OCLC:
- 1051777453
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