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328 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300198713
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 16 April 2013
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 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300198713
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 16 April 2013
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...