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1 online resource (287 pages) |
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America and the Long 19th Century |
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America and the long 19th century.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface: Roadside Attraction; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Guest Figures; 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: Mahjar Identity Politics and Transnationalism; Afterword: Haunted Houses; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author |
| Summary |
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 cultural traditions that will alter how we understand them today. Moving from the period of America's engagement in the Barbary Wars through the Holy Land travel mania in the years of Jacksonian expansion and into the writings of romantics such as Edgar Allen Poe, the book argues that not only were |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Arabs -- Race identity
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Arabs in literature.
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Islam in literature.
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National characteristics, American -- History -- 19th century
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural & Social.
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Arabs -- Race identity
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National characteristics, American
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American literature
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Arabs in literature
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Islam in literature
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National characteristics, American, in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814723210 |
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0814723217 |
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