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Author:
Nance, Susan.
Title:
How the Arabian nights inspired the American dream, 1790-1935 / Susan Nance.
Publisher:
University of North Carolina Press,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
xi, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
United States--Arab influences.--Arab influences.
Arabian nights.
Arab countries--Foreign public opinion, American.
Orientalism--United States--History.
United States--Civilization--1783-1865.
United States--Civilization--20th century.
Performing arts--History.--United States--History.
Popular culture--United States--History.
Capitalism--History.--United States--History.
United States--Economic conditions.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-334) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Playing Eastern -- Capitalism and the Arabian nights, 1790-1892 -- Ex Oriente Lux : playing Eastern for a living, 1838-1875 -- Wise men of the East and the market for American fraternalism, 1850-1892 -- Arab athleticism and the exoticization of the American dream, 1870-1920 -- Making the familiar strange : the racial politics of Eastern exotic, 1893-1929 -- Eastern femininities for modern women, 1893-1930 -- Turbans and capitalism, 1893-1930 -- Sign of promise : African Americans and Eastern personae in the Great Depression.
ISBN:
080783274X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807832745 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)261174164
LCCN:
2008047299
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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