How the Arabian nights inspired the American dream, 1790-1935
By: Susan Nance.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807832745
Subjects: Arabian nights; Orientalism -- United States -- History; Performing arts -- Social aspects -- United States -- History; Popular culture -- United States -- History; Capitalism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History; United States -- Civilization -- Arab influences; Arab countries -- Foreign public opinion, American; United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865; United States -- Civilization -- 20th century; United States -- Economic conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Playing Eastern; title: Capitalism and the Arabian nights, 1790-1892; title: Ex Oriente Lux : playing Eastern for a living, 1838-1875; title: Wise men of the East and the market for American fraternalism, 1850-1892; title: Arab athleticism and the exoticization of the American dream, 1870-1920; title: Making the familiar strange : the racial politics of Eastern exotic, 1893-1929; title: Eastern femininities for modern women, 1893-1930; title: Turbans and capitalism, 1893-1930; title: Sign of promise : African Americans and Eastern personae in the Great Depression.