In this Book
- Reading Arabia: British Orientalism in the Age of Mass Publication, 1880-1930
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Syracuse University Press
- Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
summary
Reading Arabia traces the evolving tradition of British Orientalism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, examining the role of mass print culture in constructing the British public’s perception of "Arabia." Long brings together close readings and ideological analyses of primary texts by Richard Burton, Charles Doughty, Robert Cunninghame Graham, Marmaduke Pickthall, and T. E. Lawrence, along with pamphlets, journalism and commentary, silent films, stage spectacles, and travel literature. Through these texts, Long examines the fantasy of the Orient and its constitutive function. Building on the pioneering work of Edward Said, Reading Arabia looks beyond foreign policy debates and issues of human rights to show how British Orientalism is rooted in words and phrases of a popular culture that shaped the way the public read and imagined the Arab world.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-vi
- Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-30
- 2 Khartoum Nightmare
- pp. 75-98
- 3 A Refusal and a Traversal
- pp. 99-129
- 4 Orientalism from Within and Without
- pp. 130-165
- 5 The Arabist as Abject Modern
- pp. 166-194
- Conclusion
- pp. 195-218
- Bibliography
- pp. 239-252
Additional Information
ISBN
9780815652328
Related ISBN(s)
9780815633235
MARC Record
OCLC
879306256
Pages
264
Launched on MUSE
2014-05-06
Language
English
Open Access
No