This provides a commentary on images, specifically on a series of French postcards depicting mainly eroticized "scenes from Algerian life" under... Show moreThis provides a commentary on images, specifically on a series of French postcards depicting mainly eroticized "scenes from Algerian life" under colonial rule during the first three decades of this century (which Alloula calls the "Golden Age of the colonial postcard"). The aim is to address, to some extent create, a new audience, one capable of seeing through the immediate scene of the images in order to view the machinery of colonialism at work, behind the scene. Edward Said has cited The Colonial Harem as an "excellent example" of the kind of post-colonial text that "open[s] the [Western] culture to experiences of the Other which have remained 'outside' (and have been repressed or framed in a context of confrontational hostility) the norms manufactured by 'insiders' and that "[t]he pictorial capture of colonized people by colonizer" is made intelligible for an audience of modem European readers" ("Opponents, Audiences, Constituencies and Community"). This view, by no means unanimous,) is nonetheless roughly accurate in at least its most general point: Alloula does intend to bring the "outside" closer to the "inside" and, in doing so, to reverse the distinction by presenting not only a critique of political "capture," but a counter-image of resistance as well. The orient as stereotype and phantasm -- Women from the outside: obstacle and transparency -- Women's prisons -- Women's quarters -- Couples -- The figures of the harem: dress and jewelry -- Inside the harem: The rituals -- Song and dance: Almehs and bayaderes -- Oriental Sapphism -- The colonial harem: images of a suberoticism. Malek Alloula ; translation by Myrna Godzich and Wlad Godzich ; introduction by Barbara Harlow. Translation of: Le harem colonial. Main Heritage Compact General HQ1791.5 .A7613 1986 Reference Item-ID: i24475099 BIB-ID: 2555373 Includes bibliographical references (page 135). Show less
by Emmeline Lott. At head of T.P. The Governess in Eygpt. Cover title : The English Governess in Eygpt and Turkey. Spine title : Harem life in Egypt... Show moreby Emmeline Lott. At head of T.P. The Governess in Eygpt. Cover title : The English Governess in Eygpt and Turkey. Spine title : Harem life in Egypt and Turkey. Main Heritage Shelves General DT70 .L88 1866 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i10198921 BIB-ID: 1021528 Show less
by Emmeline Lott. At head of T.P. The Governess in Eygpt. Cover title : The English Governess in Eygpt and Turkey. Spine title : Harem life in Egypt... Show moreby Emmeline Lott. At head of T.P. The Governess in Eygpt. Cover title : The English Governess in Eygpt and Turkey. Spine title : Harem life in Egypt and Turkey. Main Heritage Shelves General DT70 .L88 1866 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i23599510 BIB-ID: 1021528 Show less
by Barnette Miller ; with an introduction by Halidé Edib. "Published on the Kingsley Trust Association publication fund established by the Scroll... Show moreby Barnette Miller ; with an introduction by Halidé Edib. "Published on the Kingsley Trust Association publication fund established by the Scroll and Key Society of Yale College."--P. [3]. Main Heritage Shelves General DR736 .M5 1931. Book Item-ID: i1006557x BIB-ID: 1008193 Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-272) and index. Show less
Sequel: Six years in Europe. Main Heritage Shelves General DR432 .M35 1872 Book Item-ID: i10230051 BIB-ID: 1024641 Show moreSequel: Six years in Europe. Main Heritage Shelves General DR432 .M35 1872 Book Item-ID: i10230051 BIB-ID: 1024641 Show less
