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A fascinating demonstration of how U.S. representations of veils, harems, and belly dancers have operated as nostalgic and exotic symbols to help rationalize dominant U.S. narratives about power and progress.
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'This is an outstanding, truly innovative, and very timely project that explores predominant images of Arab women in U.S. popular culture.' - Nadine Naber, Program in American Culture and Department of Women's Studies, University of Michigan, USA
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AMIRA JARMAKANI is Assistant Professor in the Women's Studies Institute at Georgia State University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Imagining Arab Womanhood
Book Subtitle: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U.S.
Authors: Amira Jarmakani
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230612112
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Amira Jarmakani 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-60472-8Published: 19 May 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-10330-6Published: 25 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-61211-2Published: 31 March 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 236
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations
Topics: Middle Eastern Culture, Gender Studies, Ethnicity Studies, Islam, Dance