Keywords:
American literature-19th century-History and criticism
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National characteristics, American, in literature
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Islam in literature
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Arabs-Race identity
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National characteristics, American-History-19th century
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Arabs in literature
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Arabs - Race identity
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
American Arabesque examines representations of Arabs, Islam and the Near East in nineteenth-century American culture, arguing that these representations play a significant role in the development of American national identity over the century, revealing largely unexplored exchanges between these two cultural traditions that will alter how we understand them today. Moving from the period of America's engagement in the Barbary Wars through the Holy Land travel mania in the years of Jacksonian expansion and into the writings of romantics such as Edgar Allen Poe, the book argues that not only were
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (287 p)
ISBN:
9780814789506
Series Statement:
America and the Long 19th Century
URL:
http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=866216
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=866216
DDC:
810.93529927
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Preface: Roadside Attraction; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Guest Figures; 1 The Barbarous Voice of Democracy; 2 Pentimento Geographies; 3 Poe's Taste for the Arabesque; 4 American Moors and the Barbaresque; 5 Arab Masquerade: Mahjar Identity Politics and Transnationalism; Afterword: Haunted Houses; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author;
