American arabesque Arabs, Islam, and the 19th-century imaginary /

Berman, Jacob Rama.

American arabesque Arabs, Islam, and the 19th-century imaginary / [electronic resource] : Jacob Rama Berman. - New York : New York University Press, c2012. - xvi, 269 p. : ill. - America and the long 19th century . - America and the long 19th century. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Guest Figures -- The Barbarous Voice of Democracy -- Pentimento Geographies -- Poe's Arabesque -- American Moors and the Barbaresque -- Arab Masquerade : Mahjar Identity Politics and Trans-nationalism -- Afterword: Haunted Houses.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

081478951X (electronic bk.) 9780814723210 (electronic bk.) 9780814789513 (electronic bk.)




American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Islam in literature.
Arabs--Race identity.
National characteristics, American--History--19th century.
Arabs in literature.


Electronic books.

PS217.A72 / B47 2012

810.9/3529927