Foreign Bodies

Zusatztext " Foreign Bodies provides perceptive readings of the selected texts. Dobie deftly uses a deconstructive approach to point [out] the ambivalence that lurks within the representations of the Oriental woman that she chooses to analyze." Informationen zum Autor Madeleine Dobie is Associate Professor in the Department of French and Romance Philology at Columbia University. Klappentext "This well-researched book is one of the most stimulating studies of French Orientalism and colonial discourse in decades. . . . At a time of historic East-West tensions, this book advances understanding of cultural politics and the politics of Orientalism, in particular. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates through faculty."--Choice "Foreign Bodies is a provocative book, revealing both intriguing connections and disconnections."--H-France Book Reviews Zusammenfassung Building on the critical foundations established by Edward Said, this book examines the relationship between the Orientalist tradition in French art and literature and its colonial history. It focuses on a central dimension of this exchange: the figure of the "oriental woman," and the interplay of race and gender in domestic and colonial history.

"Foreign Bodies provides perceptive readings of the selected texts. Dobie deftly uses a deconstructive approach to point [out] the ambivalence that lurks within the representations of the Oriental woman that she chooses to analyze."

Autorentext
Madeleine Dobie is Associate Professor in the Department of French and Romance Philology at Columbia University.

Klappentext

"This well-researched book is one of the most stimulating studies of French Orientalism and colonial discourse in decades. . . . At a time of historic East-West tensions, this book advances understanding of cultural politics and the politics of Orientalism, in particular. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates through faculty."--Choice
"Foreign Bodies is a provocative book, revealing both intriguing connections and disconnections."--H-France Book Reviews

Zusammenfassung
Building on the critical foundations established by Edward Said, this book examines the relationship between the Orientalist tradition in French art and literature and its colonial history. It focuses on a central dimension of this exchange: the figure of the "oriental woman," and the interplay of race and gender in domestic and colonial history.