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Author Roberts, Mary, 1965-

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

Publication Info. Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.

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 Moore Stacks  NX650.H37 R63 2007    Available  ---
Description xiv, 195 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Series Objects/histories
Objects/histories.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index.
Contents 1. John Frederick Lewis's Harem paintings -- The languid lotus-eater -- "Mr. Lewis's oriental paradises" -- 2. British women's travelogues -- Pleasures in detail -- Being seen -- Sartorial adventures and satiric narratives -- 3. Harem portraiture -- The politics of portraiture behind the veil -- Oriental dreams.
Subject Harems in art.
Harems in art.
Orientalism in art -- England.
Orientalism in art.
England.
Art, Turkish -- 19th century.
Art, Turkish.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Travelers' writings, English -- Turkey -- History and criticism.
Travelers' writings, English.
Turkey.
Harems -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 19th century.
Harems.
Turkey -- Istanbul.
History.
Harems -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History -- 19th century.
Egypt -- Cairo.
Women -- Turkey -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Women.
Social conditions.
Turkey -- Relations -- England.
Relations.
England -- Relations -- Turkey.
Women.
Womyn.
Added Title Harem in Ottoman and Orientalist art and travel literature
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