Images of women : the portrayal of women in photography of the Middle East, 1860 - 1950

Originally published (cloth) in 1988, this fascinating social history demonstrates how the introduction of the camera to the Middle East helped both to illuminate and to obscure the predicament of Middle Eastern women. With some 200 b&w photographs. Orientalism, The West's Peculiar Fascination With And Misunderstanding Of The Middle East, Received The Most Comprehensive Treatment At The Hands Of The Palestinian-american, Professor Edward Said. Sarah Graham-brown Further Dissects The Orientalist Approach As It Affected The Socio-economics And Politics Of The Middle East, With Particular Reference To Women. This Is Just One Of The Achievements Of Images Of Women, Which Also Examines The Development Of Photography In The Region, And The Growth Of Middle Eastern Feminist Movements. [...] For Many Decades, Western Photographs Of Middle Eastern Subjects (people And Places) Carried On The Orientalist Themes Present In Paintings. European Travellers Continued To Be Fascinated By The Women Of The Middle East, And Especially By The Images Of Indolence And Sensuality Conjured Up By The Concept Of The Harem, Where Women Waited In Seclusion To Do Their Master's Bidding. -- Review From Https://www.jstor.org (sep. 15, 2016). The Development Of Photography In The Middle East --- The Seen, Unseen And The Imagined: Private And Public Lives --- Family Portraits --- Dressing The Part --- Working Women --- Women In The Public Eye --- The Spread Of Education --- Campaigning Women. Sarah Graham-brown. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 260-265. The first of its kind because it uses both Cantonese and Mandarin romanizations. It features over 6,000 of the most commonly used single-characters and over 12,000 terms to illustrate the use of the characters.