Questioning the Western stereotype about the women of the Muslim harem, the author argues that, whilst Orientalist thinking has been challenged, the Western understanding of Middle Eastern culture remains limited.
The oppressed yet highly sexualized woman of the Muslim harem is arguably the pivotal figure of Western orientalism. Yet, as Reina Lewis demonstrates, while orientalist thinking has recently been challenged, Western understandings of Middle Eastern culture remain limited. This b…
Agreeing to retrieve his brother's kidnapped fiancée from a sultan's harem, legendary adventurer Ashton Burke is stunned to discover that his quarry is Clarinda Cardew, the woman who broke his heart ten years ago and who still has a sensual hold over him.
Collection explores the idea and actualities of "harem" and gendered space through historically shifting social and architectural constructs and as a literary and artistic trope, in Islamic societies and in Euro/American imaginations.
Collection explores the idea and actualities of "harem" and gendered space through historically shifting social and architectural constructs and as a literary and artistic trope, in Islamic societies and in Euro/American imaginations.
Harem Historica is an interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the harem as it was imagined, represented, and experienced in Middle Eastern and North African societies, as well as by visitors to those societies. One theme that threads through the collection is the intima…
The Imperial Harem and Its Residents -- Departure from the Imperial Palace and Changing Relationships with the Imperial Court -- Marriage Patterns -- Residential Districts and Relations with Society -- Material World : Fortunes and Possessions -- Charitable Activities : Architec…
"This book focuses on the female slaves of the Ottoman imperial court who lived in the imperial harem between the second half of the seventeenth century and the end of the eighteenth, and who were later manumitted and transferred from the palace. Through an analysis of a wide ra…
"This book focuses on the female slaves of the Ottoman imperial court who lived in the imperial harem between the second half of the seventeenth century and the end of the eighteenth, and who were later manumitted and transferred from the palace. Through an analysis of a wide ra…
"Eunuchs were a common feature of pre- and early modern societies that are now poorly understood. Here, Jane Hathaway offers an in-depth study of the chief of the African eunuchs who guarded the harem of the Ottoman Empire. A wide range of primary sources are used to analyse the…