;;More Sheiks than the Sahara;;: America's Romance with Arab Sheiks, 1830-1930

Orientalism;Arab Sheik;American Culture;Race and Ethnicity Studies;Screen Arts and Cultures;African-American Studies;American and Canadian Studies;English Language and Literature;History (General);Humanities (General);Middle Eastern;Near Eastern and North African Studies;Women"s and Gender Studies;Humanities;American Culture

Garzonio, DominicGunckel, Colin ;

University of Michigan

关键词: Orientalism;    Arab Sheik;    American Culture;    Race and Ethnicity Studies;    Screen Arts and Cultures;    African-American Studies;    American and Canadian Studies;    English Language and Literature;    History (General);    Humanities (General);    Middle Eastern;    Near Eastern and North African Studies;    Women";    s and Gender Studies;    Humanities;    American Culture;   

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【 摘 要 】

The Arab sheik has long been an icon of fascination in American culture. ;;;;More Sheiks than the Sahara’” traces the historical roots and evolution of this interest in the United States from the 1830s through the 1920s. Utilizing a broad range of source materials, including literature, poetry, film, music, art, and print journalism, this dissertation uncovers the significance of the Arab sheik to contemporaneous understandings of race, gender, and class in nineteenth and early-twentieth century America. Broadly, I argue that meanings about the Arab sheik were not only varied, dynamic, and often contradictory but also that these meanings operated as powerful symbols around which a diverse cast of American men and women negotiated the cultural, social, political, and economic forces that shaped their lives in the century spanning 1830-1930. Whereas other scholarship has long emphasized the role of the exotic Arab sheik in fostering new and taboo expressions of white female desire, particularly in the 1920s, ;;More Sheiks than the Sahara” gives voice to those Americans whose relationships with this cultural icon have been given less attention. In addition to white women, this dissertation uncovers the ways in which the Arab sheik would play a significant role in the politics, cultural practices, and identity formations of Anglo American males, Arab Americans, and African Americans throughout the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.