American Arabesque Arabs and Islam in the Nineteenth Century Imaginary Berman, Jacob Rama. creator Walter de Gruyter & Co text Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History nyu New York NYU Press 2012 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (287 pages). American Arabesque examines representations of Arabs, Islam and the Near East in nineteenth-century American culture, arguing that these representations play a significant role in the development of American national identity over the century, revealing largely unexplored exchanges between these two cultural traditions that will alter how we understand them today. Moving from the period of America's engagement in the Barbary Wars through the Holy Land travel mania in the years of Jacksonian expansion and into the writings of romantics such as Edgar Allen Poe, the book argues that not only were. Cover; Contents; Preface: Roadside Attraction; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Guest Figures; 1 The Barbarous Voice of Democracy; 2 Pentimento Geographies; 3 Poe's Taste for the Arabesque; 4 American Moors and the Barbaresque; 5 Arab Masquerade: Mahjar Identity Politics and Transnationalism; Afterword: Haunted Houses; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author. American literature 19th century History and criticism Arabs Race identity Arabs in literature Islam in literature National characteristics, American History 19th century National characteristics, American, in literature Littérature américaine 19e siècle Histoire et critique Arabes Identité ethnique Arabes dans la littérature Islam dans la littérature SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural & Social Arabs Race identity National characteristics, American American literature Arabs in literature Islam in literature National characteristics, American, in literature 1800-1899 fast PS217.A72 B47 2012eb 810.93529927 American Arabesque : Arabs and Islam in the Nineteenth Century Imaginary Berman, Jacob Rama. New York : NYU Press, ©2012 America and the long 19th century 9780814723210 0814723217 9780814789513 081478951X 34C556EF-E35A-4B3B-BC26-F475C274B823 OverDrive, Inc. https://www.degruyterbrill.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780814789513 EBLCP 120604 20260713191252.8 in00005788025 eng