Enlightenment Orientalism in the American mind, 1770-1807 / Matthew H. Pangborn.

SeriesPerspectives on early America ; 2
Contents Introduction: America's "Oriental Mirror" -- American Oriental Tales -- Mobility, Luxury, Textuality, and Liberty in Father Bombo's Pilgrimage to Mecca -- The "Oriental" Threat to the Body of America in the Algerine Spy in Pennsylvania -- The Oriental Spectacle of Western Power in the Algerine Captive -- History, Nature, and National Progress in Letters of Shahcoolen (1801-1802) -- Woman, Orientalism, and Empire in Salmagundi (1807-1808) -- Epilogue: the Haunted House of Oriental History in the Alhambra
Abstract "This study engages with the emerging field of energy humanities to provide close readings of several early American oriental-observer tales. The popular genre of orientalism offered Americans a means to critique new ideas of identity, history, and nationality accompanying protoindustrialization and a growing consumerism. The tales thus express a complex self-reflection during a time when America's exploitation of its energy resources and its engagement in a Franco-British world-system was transforming the daily life of its citizens. The genre of the oriental observer, this study argues, offers intriguing glimpses of a nation becoming strange in the eyes of its own inhabitants"-- Provided by the publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Pangborn, Matthew H., author. Enlightenment Orientalism in the American mind, 1770-1807 New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 9781138358676
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LCCN 2018043135
ISBN9780429434228 ()

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