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An imperialist love story : desert romances and the War on Terror / Amira Jarmakani.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 267 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781479896059
  • 1479896055
Other title:
  • Desert romances and the War on Terror
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Imperialist love story.DDC classification:
  • 813/.08509 23
LOC classification:
  • PS374.L6 J36 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: the romantic sheikh as hero of the War on Terror -- "To catch a sheikh?" in the War on Terror -- Desert is just another word for freedom -- Desiring the big bad blade: the racialization of the sheikh -- To make a woman happy in bed ... -- Conclusion: the ends.
Summary: A curious figure stalks the pages of a distinct subset of mass-market romance novels, aptly called "desert romances." Animalistic yet sensitive, dark and attractive, the desert prince or sheikh emanates manliness and raw, sexual power. In the years since September 11, 2001, the sheikh character has steadily risen in popularity in romance novels, even while depictions of Arab masculinity as backward and violent in nature have dominated the cultural landscape. An Imperialist Love Story contributes to the broader conversation about the legacy of orientalist representations of Arabs in Western.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-256) and index.

Introduction: the romantic sheikh as hero of the War on Terror -- "To catch a sheikh?" in the War on Terror -- Desert is just another word for freedom -- Desiring the big bad blade: the racialization of the sheikh -- To make a woman happy in bed ... -- Conclusion: the ends.

Print version record.

A curious figure stalks the pages of a distinct subset of mass-market romance novels, aptly called "desert romances." Animalistic yet sensitive, dark and attractive, the desert prince or sheikh emanates manliness and raw, sexual power. In the years since September 11, 2001, the sheikh character has steadily risen in popularity in romance novels, even while depictions of Arab masculinity as backward and violent in nature have dominated the cultural landscape. An Imperialist Love Story contributes to the broader conversation about the legacy of orientalist representations of Arabs in Western.

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