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Harem: The World Behind the Veil (Paperback)

by Alev Lytle Croutier (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.; New edition edition (12 Jul 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1558591591
  • ISBN-13: 978-1558591592
  • Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 303,678 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This book offers an insight into the harem and harem life, focusing on the famed Seraglio of Topkapi Palace. The author uses her first-hand experience to describe the absolute rule of the sultans, the slave markets and the eunuchs. The book is illustrated with paintings by Delacroix, Ingres and Renoir, Turkish woodcuts, Persian miniatures, photographs and film stills. Croutier investigates the middle class harems, looking at the polygamous life of ordinary Middle Eastern households, including marital customs, child rearing, medical practices, superstitions and the expression of desire and jealousy. "Harem" shows how this Eastern institution invaded the Victorian imagination, in the form of decorating, costume and art and how Western ideas, in turn, eroded a system which had seemed to be absolutely powerful.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A hypnotic book, delivering its reader into another world, 26 Nov 1999
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Firstly, please excuse my English. I loved the book, I also share the authors passion for the Orientalist painters & travellers that captured the mystery and intrigue of of the Orient in memoirs and on canvas. A very well written insight to the life of the Harem dwellers, their lives within their limitaions. Secrets of a well guarded life so effective that to this day, one must join fragments and whispers to conjure up a jigsaw to form a discription of what lay behind the Harem wall. This the author did very well ; However her description of the Muslim woman and her role in Islam and society is very misguided & Misquoted. This is one of the things that gives the Non-Muslim population a distorted view regarding our faith and culture. This lead me to an uncomfortable conclusion that perhaps she was not accurate in the beautiful web she weaved about the magical world behind the veil. Nevertheless is is a captivating read, I reccomend should be read with an open mind and if facts are to be researched, I would suggest other more accurate literature to be your source of information.
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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best woman's book of the Twentieth Century!, 13 Aug 1999
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This review is from: Harem : the World behind the Veil (Hardcover)
This is one of the most profound and moving books about women to emerge in the Twentieth Century. No woman--or man--should fail to read it!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Informative and easy to read, 16 April 2001
This review is from: Harem: The World Behind the Veil (Hardcover)
The book is a blend of the author's personal experiences from her childhood, and historical information about harems. It is illustrated with many colour and black and white pictures, some of them historical photos, some orientalist fantasy paintings/photos. I found it pleasant to read and informative.
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