Imagining Arab Womanhood: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U.S. by Jarmakani, A.

Imagining Arab Womanhood: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U.S. (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230604728)

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Imagining Arab Womanhood: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U.S. by Jarmakani, A.

Imagining Arab Womanhood: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U.S.

$99.99
Imagining Arab Womanhood: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U.S. by Jarmakani, A.

Imagining Arab Womanhood: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U.S.

$99.99
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating demonstration of how U.S. representations of veils, harems, and belly dancers have operated as nostalgic and exotic symbols to help rationalize dominant U.S. narratives about power and progress.

Author: A. Jarmakani
ISBN-10: 0230604722
ISBN-13: 9780230604728
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 05/19/2008
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.41h x 5.71w x 0.72d

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Choice 04/01/2009
By A. Jarmakani
By A. Jarmakani
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AMIRA JARMAKANI is Assistant Professor in the Women's Studies Institute at Georgia State University, USA.

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