Roberts / Thomas Intimate Outsiders

The Harem in Ottoman and Orientalist Art and Travel Literature
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9045-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Reihe: Objects/Histories

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roberts, Mary

Thomas, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: Intimate Outsiders 1

Part 1: John Frederick Lewis's Harem Paintings

Chapter One. The Languid Lotus-Eater 19

Chapter Two. "Mr. Lewis's Oriental paradises" 38

Part 2: British Women's Travelogues

Chapter Three. Pleasures in Detail 59

Chapter Four. Being Seen 80

Chapter Five. Sartorial Adventures and Satiric Narratives 92

Part 3: Harem Portraiture

Chapter Six. The Politics of Portraiture behind the Veil 109

Chapter Seven. Oriental Dreams 128

Epilogue 150

Notes 157

Selected Bibliography 177

Index 187

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Roberts is the John Schaeffer Associate Professor in British Art at the University of Sydney. She is a coeditor of Orientalism’s Interlocutors: Painting, Architecture, Photography, also published by Duke University Press.