Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xi, 344 p)
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Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780807832745
Inhalt:
Americans have always shown a fascination with the people, customs, and legends of the "East"--witness the popularity of the stories of the Arabian Nights, the performances of Arab belly dancers and acrobats, the feats of turban-wearing vaudeville magicians, and even the antics of fez-topped Shriners. In this captivating volume, Susan Nance provides a social and cultural history of this highly popular genre of Easternized performance in America until the Great Depression. According to Nance, these traditions reveal how a broad spectrum of Americans, including recent immigrants and im
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Preface; Introduction: Playing Eastern; One: Capitalism and the Arabian Nights, 1790-1892; Two: Ex Oriente Lux: Playing Eastern for a Living, 1838-1875; Three: Wise Men of the East and the Market for American Fraternalism, 1850-1892; Four: Arab Athleticism and the Exoticization of the American Dream, 1870-1920; Five: Making the Familiar Strange: The Racial Politics of Eastern Exotic, 1893-1929; Six: Eastern Femininities for Modern Women, 1893-1930; Seven: Turbans and Capitalism, 1893-1930; Eight: Sign of Promise: African Americans and Eastern Personae in the Great Depression; Notes
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BibliographyIndex
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780807832745
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe How the Arabian Nights Inspired the American Dream, 1790-1935
Sprache:
Englisch
