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How the Arabian nights inspired the American dream, 1790-1935 /

Americans have always shown a fascination with the people, customs, and legends of the "East"--Witness the popularity of the stories of the Arabian Nights, the performances of Arab belly dancers and acrobats, the feats of turban-wearing vaudeville magicians, and even the antics of fez-topp...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nance, Susan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Playing Eastern
  • Capitalism and the Arabian nights, 1790-1892
  • Ex Oriente Lux : playing Eastern for a living, 1838-1875
  • Wise men of the East and the market for American fraternalism, 1850-1892
  • Arab athleticism and the exoticization of the American dream, 1870-1920
  • Making the familiar strange : the racial politics of Eastern exotic, 1893-1929
  • Eastern femininities for modern women, 1893-1930
  • Turbans and capitalism, 1893-1930
  • Sign of promise : African Americans and Eastern personae in the Great Depression.