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Women's Orients: English Women and the Middle East, 1718-1918 - Sexuality, Religion and Work (Paperback, 1st ed. 1992)
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Women's Orients: English Women and the Middle East, 1718-1918 - Sexuality, Religion and Work (Paperback, 1st ed. 1992)
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In this highly acclaimed study, Billie Melman recovers the
unwritten history of the European experience of the Middle-East
during the colonial era. She focuses on the evolution of
Orientalism and the reconstruction - through contact with other
cultures - of gender and class. Beginning with the eighteenth
century Billie Melman describes the many ways in which women looked
at oriental people and places and developed a discourse which
presented a challenge to hegemonic notions on the exotic and
'different'. Through her examination of the writings of famous
feminist writers, travellers, ethnographers, missionaries,
archaeologists and Biblical scholars, many of which are studied
here for the first time, Billie Melman challenges traditional
interpretations of Orientalism, placing gender at the forefront of
colonial studies. 'This book provides a real extension to Edward
Said's writing not only in the sense of challenging Edward Said's
perspective, but also by adding a significant empirical and
conceptual element to the discussion on orientalism. Those
interested in women's history, in the cultural politics of
cross-cultural encounters and in feminist or cultural theory will
find much to engage them, inform them and challenge them in
Melman's book.' - Joanna De Groot, Times Higher Education
Supplement 'Using the perspectives of both gender and class Melman
sets an alternative view of the Orient against that of Said... a
much less monolithic and much more complex and heterogenous than
that of Said' - Francis Robinson, Times Literary Supplement
'Women's Orients is an important contribution to our understanding
of Orientalism. Melman's work is characterized by a fruitful
bringing together of the skills of the historian with the sensitive
reading of the British women writers...' - Catherine Hall, The
Feminist Review 'An excellent work... This book is a must for
anyone interested in women's history, both English and Middle
Eastern. It is well written and well argued and effectively does
what it promises to do' - Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid Marsot, The
International History Review 'Women's Orients, a project of
recovery and analysis, is an important consideration of European
women traveller's writing on the Middle East. It provides a rich
and detailed interpretation of a feminine version of the Orient' -
Sherifa Zuhur, MESA Bulletin 'The book raises provocative issues
and suggests complexities that deepen our understanding of colonial
changes and representations' - Dorothy O.Helly, American Historical
Review.
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