How the Arabian nights inspired the American dream, 1790-1935 / Susan Nance.

Author/creator Nance, Susan
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionxi, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Arabian nights.
Orientalism--United States. --History.
Performing arts--Social aspects. --United States. --History.
Popular culture--United States. --History.
Capitalism--Social aspects. --United States. --History.
United States--Civilization. --Arab influences.
Arab countries--Foreign public opinion, American.
United States--Civilization. --1783-1865.
United States--Civilization. --20th century.
United States--Economic conditions.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-334) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008047299
ISBN9780807832745 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN080783274X (cloth : alk. paper)

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