American Arabesque : : Arabs and Islam in the Nineteenth Century Imaginary / / Jacob Rama Berman.

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• VerfasserIn: Berman, Jacob Rama,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• 出版年: 2012
• 語言: English
• 叢編: America and the Long 19th Century ; 11
• 實物描述: 1 online resource

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...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 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
• Afterword
• Notes
• Bibliography
• About the Author