La visión del harén en la prosa de las viajeras europeas: entre la seducción y el rechazo. El caso especial de Aurora Bertrana (1892-1974)
Journal: Revista de Filología Románica
Year: 2017

Due to the stereotypes spread by Orientalism, harems turned into a symbol of Traditional Oriental Culture, synonymous of sensuality and sexual debauchery. Travelers as Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso, Olympe Audouard, Carla Serena, Ida Hahn or the Catalan writer Aurora Bertrana became authentic experts about life in harems and provided us, through their travel books, with a view of Muslim women which subscribes, contrasts or complements that provided by men's gaze. This article recovers the voi