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Title American arabesque [electronic resource] : Arabs, Islam, and the 19th-century imaginary / Jacob Rama Berman.

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New York : New York University Press, c2012.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xvi, 269 p. : ill.
Series	America and the long 19th century
	America and the long 19th century.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: Guest Figures -- The Barbarous Voice of Democracy -- Pentimento Geographies -- Poe's Arabesque -- American Moors and the Barbaresque -- Arab Masquerade : Mahjar Identity Politics and Trans-nationalism -- Afterword: Haunted Houses.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	National characteristics, American, in literature.
	Islam in literature.
	Arabs -- Race identity.
	National characteristics, American -- History -- 19th century.
	Arabs in literature.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780814789506 (cloth : acid-free paper)
	0814789501 (cloth : acid-free paper)
	9780814745182 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
	0814745180 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
	081478951X (electronic bk.)
	9780814723210 (electronic bk.)
	9780814789513 (electronic bk.)