The Colonial HaremA collection of picture postcards of Algerian women exploited by the French, this "album" illustrates a powerful analysis of the distorting, denigrating effects of their presence on Algerian Society. |
Contents
1 The Orient as Stereotype and Phantasm | 3 |
Obstacle and Transparency | 7 |
3 Womens Prisons | 17 |
4 Womens Quarters | 27 |
5 Couples | 37 |
Dress and Jewelry | 49 |
The Rituals | 67 |
Almehs and Bayaderes | 85 |
9 Oriental Sapphism | 95 |
Images of a Suberoticism | 105 |
Notes | 127 |
Selected Bibliography | 135 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abdelkebir Khatibi aesthetic Alain Grosrichard Albert Camus Alge Alger Algerian Arab Algerian revolution Algerian society Algerian women ALGÉRIE algérienne André Gide Battle of Algiers Beautiful Fatmah bosom Bourdieu breasts Camera Lucida captions century Collection Idéale P. S. colo Colonial Harem colonial postcard connotation constitute couple cultural dance desire discourse Djamila dress ence eroticism exotic postcard expression figures French colonial gaze Geiser gerian Godzich hookah illusion imaginary Intérieur Islam Jeune Mauresque Kabyl Kabyl woman kaoua locus Maghrib Malek Alloula Mauresque means ment metaphorical Moorish woman Muslim ND Phot obsessive odalisque Orient Paris phantasm phot.-Alger photog photographer's pleasure political pose postcard photographer rapher reality representation Roland Barthes sapphism SCÈNES Scenes and types SCENES ET TYPES sexual sion social space stereotype Structure du sérail studio symbolic theme tion tographer traditional trans translation Uled-Nayl variant veil violence Volume voyeurism Young Moorish woman