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.

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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)
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

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front Matter

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, And Globalization

Conclusion

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