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Drawing on "high" literature, erotica, and popular romance fiction and films, Teo examines the changing meanings of Orientalist tropes such as crusades and conversion, abduction by Barbary pirates, sexual slavery, the fear of renegades, the Oriental despot and his harem, the figure of the powerful Western concubine, and fantasies of escape from the harem. She analyzes the impact of imperialism, decolonization, sexual liberation, feminism, and American involvement in the Middle East on women's Orientalist fiction. Teo suggests that the rise of female-authored romance novels dramatically transformed the nature of Orientalism because it feminized the discourse; made white women central as producers, consumers, and imagined actors; and revised, reversed, or collapsed the binaries inherent in traditional analyses of Orientalism.
Drawing on "high" literature, erotica, and popular romance fiction and films, Teo examines the changing meanings of Orientalist tropes such as crusades and conversion, abduction by Barbary pirates, sexual slavery, the fear of renegades, the Oriental despot and his harem, the figure of the powerful Western concubine, and fantasies of escape from the harem. She analyzes the impact of imperialism, decolonization, sexual liberation, feminism, and American involvement in the Middle East on women's Orientalist fiction. Teo suggests that the rise of female-authored romance novels dramatically transformed the nature of Orientalism because it feminized the discourse; made white women central as producers, consumers, and imagined actors; and revised, reversed, or collapsed the binaries inherent in traditional analyses of Orientalism.
Hsu-Ming Teo is a cultural historian and novelist based at Macquarie University. She coedited Cultural History in Australia and has published a range of articles and book chapters on Orientalism, travel writing, fiction, and popular culture. She won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award for her first novel, Love and Vertigo, which was also short-listed for two other fiction awards. Her second novel, Behind the Moon, was short-listed for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards.
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Loving the Orient: The Romantic East and European Literature
- Chapter 2. The Rise of the Desert Romance Novel
- Chapter 3. E. M. Hull’s The Sheik
- Chapter 4. The Spectacular East: Romantic Orientalism in America
- Chapter 5. The Orientalist Historical Romance Novel
- Chapter 6. The Contemporary Sheik Romance Novel: The Historical Background
- Chapter 7. Harems, Houris, Heroines, and Heroes
- Chapter 8. From Tourism to Terrorism
- Chapter 9. Reader Responses to the Modern Orientalist Romance Novel
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Allgemeine Lexika, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Literaturwissenschaft |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780292756908 |
| ISBN-10: | 0292756909 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Teo, Hsu-Ming |
| Hersteller: | University of Texas Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 21 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Hsu-Ming Teo |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.11.2012 |
| Gewicht: | 0,578 kg |
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