In contrast to most cultural histories of imperialism, which analyse Orientalist images of rather than by women, Gendering Orientalism focuses on the contributions of women themselves. Drawing on the little-known work of Henriette Browne, other `lost' women Orientlist artists and the literary works of George Eliot, Reina Lewis challenges masculinist assumptions relating to the stability and homogeneity of the Orientalist gaze.
Gendering Orientalism argues that women did not have a straightforward access to an implicitly nale position of western superiority, Their relationship to the shifting terms of race, nation and gender produced positions from which women writers and artists could articulate alternative representations of racial difference. It is this different, and often less degrading, gaze on the Orientalized `Other' that is analysed in this book. By revealing the extent of women's involvement in the popular field of visual Orientalism and highlighting the presence of Orientalist themes in the work of Browne, Eliot and Charlotte Bronte, reina Lewis uncovers women's roles in imperial culture and discourse. Gendering Orientalism will appeal to students, lecturers and researchers in cultural studies, literature, art history, women's studies and anthropology.
By:
Reina Lewis
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138475571
ISBN 10: 1138475572
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 25 August 2017
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction>; Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Race — femininity — representation; Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Professional opportunities for women in art and literature; Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Gender, genre and nation; Chapter 4 Chapter 4 ‘Only women should go to Turkey’, HenrietteBrowne; Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Aliens at home and Britons abroad; Afterword Gendering Orientalism; Select bibliography; Index;
Reina Lewis is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Cultural Studies at the University of East London.
Reviews for Gendering Orientalism: Race, Femininity and Representation
'Surely the best kind of cultural study. Thoroughly engaged, passionate about its project, - Gendering Orientalism is fueled by the urgent need to rematerialize forms and peculiarities of modern power that have all but disappeared into what we take to be nature. 'An innovatory work, exceptionally useful for teaching ... an invaluable resource.' - Deborah Cherry, University of Manchester
