pt. 1. John Frederick Lewis's Harem paintings. -- The languid lotus-eater -- "Mr. Lewis's oriental paradises" -- pt. 2. British women's travelogues. -- Pleasures in detail -- Being seen -- Sartorial adventures and satiric narratives -- pt. 3. Harem portraiture. -- The politics of portraiture behind the veil -- Oriental dreams
Summary
Comparative study of 19th-century representations of Ottoman harems that considers both the tradition of British paintings and writings about harems as well as the perspectives of Ottoman women who commissioned their own harem portraits
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index
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