An imperialist love story : desert romances and the War on Terror /
A curious figure stalks the pages of a distinct subset of mass-market romance novels, aptly called "desert romances." Animalistic yet sensitive, dark and attractive, the desert prince or sheikh emanates manliness and raw, sexual power. In the years since September 11, 2001, the sheikh char...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2015]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | A curious figure stalks the pages of a distinct subset of mass-market romance novels, aptly called "desert romances." Animalistic yet sensitive, dark and attractive, the desert prince or sheikh emanates manliness and raw, sexual power. In the years since September 11, 2001, the sheikh character has steadily risen in popularity in romance novels, even while depictions of Arab masculinity as backward and violent in nature have dominated the cultural landscape. An Imperialist Love Story contributes to the broader conversation about the legacy of orientalist representations of Arabs in Western |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 267 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-256) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781479896059 1479896055 |