Gendering Orientalism

The author challenges masculinist assumptions relating to the stability and homogeneity of the Orientalist gaze. The extent of women's involvement in the popular field of visual Orientalism is revealed.

Reina Lewis is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Cultural Studies at the University of East London.

Introduction>; Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Race - femininity - representation; Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Professional opportunities for women in art and literature; Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Gender, genre and nation; Chapter 4 Chapter 4 'Only women should go to Turkey', HenrietteBrowne; Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Aliens at home and Britons abroad; Afterword Gendering Orientalism; Select bibliography; Index;