{"product_id":"the-arab-imago-stephen-sheehi-9780691151328","title":"The Arab Imago: A Social History of Portrait Photography, 1860-1910","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first history of indigenous photography in the Middle East\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe birth of photography coincided with the expansion of European imperialism in the Middle East, and some of the medium's earliest images are Orientalist pictures taken by Europeans in such places as Cairo and Jerusalem--photographs that have long shaped and distorted the Western visual imagination of the region. But the Middle East had many of its own photographers, collectors, and patrons. In this book, Stephen Sheehi presents a groundbreaking new account of early photography in the Arab world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Arab Imago\u003c\/i\u003e concentrates primarily on studio portraits by Arab and Armenian photographers in the late Ottoman Empire. Examining previously known studios such as Abdullah Fr res, Pascal S bah, Garabed Krikorian, and Khalil Raad, the book also provides the first account of other pioneers such as Georges and Louis Saboungi, the Kova Brothers, Muhammad Sadiq Bey, and Ibrahim Rif'at Pasha--as well as the first detailed look at early photographs of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. In addition, the book explores indigenous photography manuals and albums, newspapers, scientific journals, and fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing extensive previously unpublished images, \u003ci\u003eThe Arab Imago\u003c\/i\u003e shows how native photography played an essential role in the creation of modern Arab societies in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon before the First World War. At the same time, the book overturns Eurocentric and Orientalist understandings of indigenous photography and challenges previous histories of the medium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Sheehi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691151326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691151328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Stephen Sheehi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46420219920639,"sku":"9780691151328","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8be94b8f-3ff2-492b-83a8-5351d23d67cc.jpg?v=1734633988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-arab-imago-stephen-sheehi-9780691151328","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}