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328 pages • first pub 2000 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300083897
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Edition Pub Date: 10 September 2000
Description
Fascinating and mysterious, the idea of the harem long captured the imagination of the West. The Muslim practice of concealing the women of the household from the eyes of alien men tempted Europeans to extravagant projections of their own wishes a...
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328 pages • first pub 2000 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300083897
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Edition Pub Date: 10 September 2000
Description
Fascinating and mysterious, the idea of the harem long captured the imagination of the West. The Muslim practice of concealing the women of the household from the eyes of alien men tempted Europeans to extravagant projections of their own wishes a...