Desert passions : Orientalism and romance novels /
Teo, Hsu-Ming,1970-
Austin : University of Texas Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-337) and index.
Loving the Orient : the romantic East and European literature -- The rise of the desert romance novel -- E. M. Hull's The Sheik -- The spectacular East : romantic Orientalism in America -- The Orientalist historical romance novel -- The contemporary sheik romance novel : the historical background -- Harems, heroines, and heroes -- From tourism to terrorism -- Reader responses to the modern Orientalist romance novel.
Orientalism in literature.
Love stories
Women in literature.
East and West in literature.