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Objects/Histories eBook Series

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  • Intimate Outsiders

    The Harem in Ottoman and Orientalist Art and Travel Literature

    by Mary Roberts, Nicholas Thomas ...
    Series series Objects/Histories
    Until now, the notion of a cross-cultural dialogue has not figured in the analysis of harem paintings, largely because the Western fantasy of the harem has been seen as the archetype for Western appropriation of the Orient. In Intimate Outsiders, the art historian Mary Roberts brings to light a body of harem imagery that was created through a dynamic process of cultural exchange. Roberts focuses ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

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  • Hieroglyphs

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Penelope Wilson ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Hieroglyphs were far more than a language. They were an omnipresent and all-powerful force in communicating the messages of ancient Egyptian culture for over three thousand years; used as monumental art, as a means of identifying Egyptianness, and for rarefied communication with the gods. In this exciting new study, Penelope Wilson explores the cultural significance of the script with an emphasis ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Dancing Fear and Desire

    Race, Sexuality, and Imperial Politics in Middle Eastern Dance

    by Stavros Stavrou Karayanni ...
    Series series Cultural Studies
    Throughout centuries of European colonial domination, the bodies of Middle Eastern dancers, male and female, move sumptuously and seductively across the pages of Western travel journals, evoking desire and derision, admiration and disdain, allure and revulsion. This profound ambivalence forms the axis of an investigation into Middle Eastern dance—an investigation that extends to contemporary belly ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Egyptian Belly Dance in Transition

    The Raqs Sharqi Revolution, 1890-1930

    by Heather D. Ward ...
    Raqs sharqi, the Egyptian dance form also known as belly dance, has for generations captured imaginations around the globe. Yet its origins have been obscured by misinformation and conjecture, rooted in Orientalist attitudes about the Middle East--a widely accepted narrative suggests the dance was created in response to Western influences and desires. Drawing on an array of primary sources, the ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Orienting Istanbul

    Cultural Capital of Europe?

    Edited by Deniz Göktürk, Levent Soysal, Ipek Tureli ...
    Series series Planning, History and Environment Series
    Looking at the globalization, urban regeneration, arts events and cultural spectacles, this book considers a city not until now included in the global city debate.Divided into five parts, each preceded by an editorial introduction, this book is an interdisciplinary study of an iconic city, a city facing conflicting social, political and cultural pressures in its search for a place in Europe and on ... Read more

    $133.99 CAD

  • Colonising Egypt

    With a new preface

    by Timothy Mitchell ...
    Extending deconstructive theory to historical and political analysis, Timothy Mitchell examines the peculiarity of Western conceptions of order and truth through a re-reading of Europe's colonial encounter with nineteenth-century Egypt. ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Literature of the Lebanese Diaspora

    Representations of Place and Transnational Identity

    by Jumana Bayeh ...
    Series series Written Culture and Identity
    The Lebanese civil war, which spanned the years of 1975 to 1990,caused the migration of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese citizens, many of whom are still writing of their experiences. Jumana Bayeh presents an important and major study of the literature of the Lebanese diaspora. Focusing on novels and writings produced in the aftermath of Lebanon's protracted civil war, Bayeh explores the complex ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • The Archaeology of Mesopotamia

    Theories and Approaches

    by Roger Matthews ...
    Series series Approaching the Ancient World
    The only critical guide to the theory and method of Mesopotamian archaeology, this innovative volume evaluates the theories, methods, approaches and history of Mesopotamian archaeology from its origins in the nineteenth century up to the present day.Ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), was the original site of many of the major developments in human history, such as farming, the rise of urban ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • A Brief Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature

    by David Tresilian ...
    Modern Arabic literature remains little known and poorly understood despite growing curiosity among European readers. This brief introduction offers a unique overview, focusing on developments over the last fifty years. It provides a guide to the literary landscape, indicating the major landmarks in the shape of authors, ideas and debates. The picture that emerges shows that the literature of the ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Homoerotics of Orientalism

    by Joseph Boone ...
    One of the largely untold stories of Orientalism is the degree to which the Middle East has been associated with "deviant" male homosexuality by scores of Western travelers, historians, writers, and artists for well over four hundred years. And this story stands to shatter our preconceptions of Orientalism.To illuminate why and how the Islamicate world became the locus for such fantasies and ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Christina Riggs ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    From Berlin to Boston, and St Petersburg to Sydney, ancient Egyptian art fills the galleries of some of the world's greatest museums, while the architecture of Egyptian temples and pyramids has attracted tourists to Egypt for centuries. But what did Egyptian art and architecture mean to the people who first made and used it - and why has it had such an enduring appeal? In this Very Short ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Contemporary Arab Women Writers

    Cultural Expression in Context

    by Anastasia Valassopoulos ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
    This book engages with contemporary Arab women writers from Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon and Algeria. In spite of Edward Said’s groundbreaking reappraisal of the uneven relationship between the West and the Arab world in Orientalism, there has been little postcolonial criticism of Arab writing. Anastasia Valassopoulos raises the profile of Arab women writers by examining how they negotiate contexts ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD