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- catalog abstract ""Building on the critical foundations established by Edward Said in Orientalism, Foreign Bodies examines the relationship between the Orientalist tradition in French art and literature and France's colonial history. It focuses on a central dimension of this exchange: the prevalent figure of the "oriental woman," and the interplay of race and gender in both domestic and colonial history. It also offers a genealogy of contemporary French attitudes to Islamic culture, in which beliefs about sexuality and gender relations continue to occupy a privileged place."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12339139.
- catalog coverage "Orient In literature.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Building on the critical foundations established by Edward Said in Orientalism, Foreign Bodies examines the relationship between the Orientalist tradition in French art and literature and France's colonial history. It focuses on a central dimension of this exchange: the prevalent figure of the "oriental woman," and the interplay of race and gender in both domestic and colonial history. It also offers a genealogy of contemporary French attitudes to Islamic culture, in which beliefs about sexuality and gender relations continue to occupy a privileged place."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Polygamy, slavery, and the colonies: Montesquieu's De l'esprit des lois -- Truth and representations: old and new languages in the Lettres persanes -- Intimacy exposed: gender, race, and language in the Oriental tale -- Spilt figures: women and language in the Oriental travelogue -- The modernist turn in orientalism: Gautier's Egyptian tales.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 234 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0804741042 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Orient In literature.".
- catalog subject "840.9/325 21".
- catalog subject "French literature Asian influences.".
- catalog subject "French literature Oriental influences.".
- catalog subject "PQ143.O75 D63 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Polygamy, slavery, and the colonies: Montesquieu's De l'esprit des lois -- Truth and representations: old and new languages in the Lettres persanes -- Intimacy exposed: gender, race, and language in the Oriental tale -- Spilt figures: women and language in the Oriental travelogue -- The modernist turn in orientalism: Gautier's Egyptian tales.".
- catalog title "Foreign bodies : gender, language, and culture in French orientalism / Madeleine Dobie.".
- catalog type "text".