INTIMATE EYES: A HISTORIOGRAPHY OF EUROPEAN WOMEN TRAVELERS’ IMPACT ON ORIENTALISM
INTIMATE EYES: A HISTORIOGRAPHY OF EUROPEAN WOMEN TRAVELERS’ IMPACT ON ORIENTALISM
Author(s): Ali AbdullahSubject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Gender Studies, Studies of Literature, Sociology, Comparative Study of Literature, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: Travel Writing;Orientalism;Victorian Age;Women’s Studies;
Summary/Abstract: This essay explores the historiography of pre-Victorian and Victorian women travelers in the Islamic Orient and their impact on Orientalism. The major focus will be on how scholars on the subject express the ways in which the intimate gaze aided in developing the eroticism and exoticism of not only the female space but also the Islamic Orient in general. The essay is divided into two parts: the first examines authors who consider women’s travel writing pivotal in shaping the Victorian preconceived notions of the Islamic Orient; and the second explores scholars who contextualize European women’s travel writings as vital agents of both the Imperialist and the Orientalist agendas.
Journal: Synergy
- Issue Year: 16/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 65-78
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English