Playing East: Arabs Perform in Nineteenth Century America

This article explores the practice, widespread among the diasporic Syrians and North Africans of the nineteenth century, of pretending to be Arabs. “Arabs” were astute purveyors of Orientalism, both in entertainment and in trade. Syrian peddlers and merchants played the Orientalist card because they...

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Hlavní autor:	Linda Jacobs
Médium:	Artigo
Jazyk:	Inglês
Vydáno:	North Carolina State University, Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies 2021-02-01
Edice:	Mashriq & Mahjar
Témata:	Arab performers Lebanese Immigration nineteenth century Syrian Immigration America North African Immigration
On-line přístup:	https://lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mashriq/article/view/41
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