Spackman, Barbara,  1952- <br/><br/>
Accidental Orientalists :  modern Italian travelers in Ottoman lands / 
Barbara Spackman. 
 - Liverpool :  Liverpool University Press,  (c)2017. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Transnational Italian cultures .
<br/><br/> Acknowledgments Preface Chapter One: Detourism: The Orientalism of Amalia Nizzoli's Egyptian Memoirs Chapter Two: Hygiene in the Harem: The Orientalism of Cristina di Belgiojoso Chapter Three: Male Masquerade in Mecca Chapter Four: Muslim in Milan: The Orientalisms of Leda Rafanelli Epilogue: Divorce Islamic Style: Passing and Posing as Muslim and Tunisian in Post-colonial Italy Works Cited. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of illustrations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""1. Detourism: The Orientalism of Amalia Nizzoliâ#x80;#x99;s Egyptian Memoirs""; ""2. Hygiene in the Harem: The Orientalism of Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso""; ""3. Male Masquerade in Mecca: Passing and Posing in Nineteenth-Century Egypt""; ""4. Muslim in Milan: The Orientalisms of Leda Rafanelli""; ""Epilogue: Divorce Islamic Style: Passing and Posing as Muslim and Tunisian in Postcolonial Italy""; ""Works Cited"" 
<br/><br/> This is the first monograph in English to address Orientalism in the writings of Italian travellers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and to do against a backdrop of comparative reference to works in English and French that preceded or were contemporary to them. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781786948083 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB764568  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Italians--History--Middle East--19th century.<br/>Italians--History--Middle East--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS62  / .A235 2017