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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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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2009.
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Table des matières:
- 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.