Intimate Outsiders
The Harem in Ottoman and Orientalist Art and Travel Literature
1st Edition
Published on 10. December 2007
248 pages
978-0-8223-9045-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Durham, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
39 illustrations (incl. 32 in color)
39 illustrations (incl. 32 in color)
File size
5,80 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8223-9045-9 (9780822390459)
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Persons
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.
Content
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
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
