American arabesque : : Arabs, Islam, and the 19th-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: | America and the long 19th century |
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Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | America and the long 19th century.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Guest Figures
- The Barbarous Voice of Democracy
- Pentimento Geographies
- Poe's Arabesque
- American Moors and the Barbaresque
- Arab Masquerade : Mahjar Identity Politics and Trans-nationalism
- Afterword: Haunted Houses.