國立高雄大學圖資館 |

Language: English

Back

Imagining Arab womanhoodthe cultural...

Jarmakani, Amira, (1974-)

Imagining Arab womanhoodthe cultural mythology of veils, harems, and belly dancers in the U.S. /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Imagining Arab womanhoodAmira Jarmakani.
Reminder of title:	the cultural mythology of veils, harems, and belly dancers in the U.S. /
Author:	Jarmakani, Amira,
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2008.
Description:	xiii, 236 p. :ill.
Subject:	Women, Arab.
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230612112

Imagining Arab womanhoodthe cultural mythology of veils, harems, and belly dancers in the U.S. /
Jarmakani, Amira,1974-

Imagining Arab womanhoodthe cultural mythology of veils, harems, and belly dancers in the U.S. /[electronic resource] :Amira Jarmakani. - 1st ed. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2008. - xiii, 236 p. :ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-228) and index.

Introduction : excavating Orientalist images of Arab womanhood -- Traveling Orientalism : U.S. echoes of a French tradition -- Dancing the hootchy kootchy : the rhythms and contortions of American Orientalism -- Selling Little Egypt : the commodification of Arab womanhood -- Veiled intentions: the cultural mythology of veils, harems, and belly dancers in the service of empire, security, andglobalization.

Imagining Arab Womanhood examines orientalist images of Arab womanhood in the United States since the turn of the twentieth century, exploring, in particular, representations of belly dancers, harem girls, and veiled women. Through semiotic analysis, Jarmakani demonstrates that these images have functioned as nostalgic placeholders for pressing, yet unarticulated concerns about shifting spatial and temporal realities within the contexts of expansionism/modernization and imperialism/late capitalism. Calling these representations cultural mythologies, Jarmakanimaps them onto dominant American narratives of power and progress, insisting on an analysis that understands them to be artifacts shaped by the interests of the American contexts in which they circulate. Imagining Arab Womanhoodis a vital addition to conversations about representation, race, and gender.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230612112

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230612112doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

474845
Women, Arab.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HQ1784 / .J37 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 305.48/8927

Imagining Arab womanhoodthe cultural mythology of veils, harems, and belly dancers in the U.S. /
LDR:02558cmm a2200301 a 4500 001 268695
003 OCoLC
005 20101102091248.0
006 m d
007 cr nn muauu
008 101122s2008 nyua sb 001 0 eng d
020 $a 9780230612112
020 $a 0230612113
024 7 $a 10.1057/9780230612112 $2 doi
040 $a UKPGM $b eng $c UKPGM $d IDEBK
041 0 $a eng
049 $a APTA
050 1 4 $a HQ1784 $b .J37 2008eb
082 0 4 $a 305.48/8927 $2 22
100 1 $a Jarmakani, Amira, $d 1974- $3 474844
245 1 0 $a Imagining Arab womanhood $h [electronic resource] : $b the cultural mythology of veils, harems, and belly dancers in the U.S. / $c Amira Jarmakani.
250 $a 1st ed.
260 $a New York : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2008.
300 $a xiii, 236 p. : $b ill.
504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-228) and index.
505 0 $a Introduction : excavating Orientalist images of Arab womanhood -- Traveling Orientalism : U.S. echoes of a French tradition -- Dancing the hootchy kootchy : the rhythms and contortions of American Orientalism -- Selling Little Egypt : the commodification of Arab womanhood -- Veiled intentions: the cultural mythology of veils, harems, and belly dancers in the service of empire, security, andglobalization.
520 $a Imagining Arab Womanhood examines orientalist images of Arab womanhood in the United States since the turn of the twentieth century, exploring, in particular, representations of belly dancers, harem girls, and veiled women. Through semiotic analysis, Jarmakani demonstrates that these images have functioned as nostalgic placeholders for pressing, yet unarticulated concerns about shifting spatial and temporal realities within the contexts of expansionism/modernization and imperialism/late capitalism. Calling these representations cultural mythologies, Jarmakanimaps them onto dominant American narratives of power and progress, insisting on an analysis that understands them to be artifacts shaped by the interests of the American contexts in which they circulate. Imagining Arab Womanhoodis a vital addition to conversations about representation, race, and gender.
533 $a Electronic reproduction. $b Basingstoke, England : $c Palgrave Macmillan, $d 2009. $n Mode of access:World Wide Web. $n System requirements: Web browser. $n Title from title screen (viewed on Mar. 3, 2009). $n Access may berestricted to users at subscribing institutions.
650 0 $a Women, Arab. $3 474845
650 0 $a Orientalism $z United States. $3 304371
650 0 $a Stereotypes (Social psychology) $3 328435
655 7 $a Electronic books. $2 local. $3 214472
710 2 $a Palgrave Connect (Online service) $3 459825
776 1 $c Original $z 0230604722 $z 9780230604728 $w (DLC) 2007032144 $w (OCoLC)164802507
856 4 0 $3 Palgrave Connect $u http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230612112 $z access to fulltext (Palgrave)