Reading Arabia: British Orientalism in the Age of Mass Publication, 1880-1930 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780815633235)

Reading Arabia traces the evolving tradition of British Orientalism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, examining the role of mass print culture in constructing the British public's perception of "Arabia." Long brings together close readings and ideological analyses of primary texts by Richard Burton, Charles Doughty, Robert Cunninghame Graham, Marmaduke Pickthall, and T. E. Lawrence, along with pamphlets, journalism and commentary, silent films, stage spectacles, and travel literature. Through these texts, Long examines the fantasy of the Orient and its constitutive function. Building on the pioneering work of Edward Said, Reading Arabia looks beyond foreign policy debates and issues of human rights to show how British Orientalism is rooted in words and phrases of a popular culture that shaped the way the public read and imagined the Arab world.

Author: Andrew Long
ISBN-10: 0815633238
ISBN-13: 9780815633235
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2014
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.43h x 6.32w x 0.89d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2014