Imagining Arab womanhood: The cultural mythology of veils, harems, and belly dancers in the U.S.

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A fascinating demonstration of how U.S. representations of veils, harems, and belly dancers have operated as nostalgic and exotic symbols to help rationalize dominant U.S. narratives about power and progress.

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Jarmakani, A. (2008). Imagining Arab womanhood: The cultural mythology of veils, harems, and belly dancers in the U.S. Imagining Arab Womanhood: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U.S. (pp. 1–236). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230612112

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