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SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
THE BRITISH, THE FRENCH AND THE ARABS |
| By: |
Derek Hopwood |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£35.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0863722539 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780863722530 |
| Publisher: |
GARNET PUBLISHING LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1999 |
| Pages: |
332 |
| Description: |
A study of a hitherto neglected topic: the way in which 19th- and 20th-century British, French and Arab men and women related to one another sexually. This work critiques the sexual perceptions propagated in travel writing, paintings and novels, assessing their impact on Euro-Arab relations. |
| Synopsis: |
This title is a study of a hitherto neglected topic: the way in which British, French and Arab men and women related to each other sexually, primarily during the 19th and 20th centuries. In examining sexual perceptions propagated in travel writing, paintings and novels together with sexual experiences of individuals, Hopwood argues that sexual attitudes have deeply influenced Euro-Arab relationships in the past and still do so today. Sexual attitudes and proclivities affected the ways in which people reacted to each other and, perhaps more controversially, influenced the course of history. Inherited sexual ideas coloured everyday relations in the Middle East and the relationships of Arabs in Europe. The lives of numerous individuals are studied, including Lawrence, Burton, Bell, Eberhardt, Gide and Thesiger, as are certain institutions which so fascinated Europe, such as the harem, hammam, veiling and slavery. The final section examines how modern Arab writers have treated Euro-Arab sexual relations in their many novels and short stories.This book is a contribution to the social history of empire in the Middle East and to the understanding of the contemporary Euro-Arab relationship. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Ithaca Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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