American Arabesque : : Arabs and Islam in the Nineteenth Century Imaginary / / Jacob Rama Berman.
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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | America and the Long 19th Century ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 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
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Author