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256 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780863566714
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Saqi Books
Publication date: 15 May 2008
Description
In travel books and Orientalist painting, the Victorian concept of an erotic East as a grand harem with endless potential for pleasure and perversion fueled romantic imaginations, art, and commerce. These racial and sexual stereotypes became vital...
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256 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780863566714
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Saqi Books
Publication date: 15 May 2008
Description
In travel books and Orientalist painting, the Victorian concept of an erotic East as a grand harem with endless potential for pleasure and perversion fueled romantic imaginations, art, and commerce. These racial and sexual stereotypes became vital...