{"product_id":"the-invisible-dance-von-fatma-tarlaci","title":"The Invisible Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003eVarious representations of the figure of Salomé and the Biblical  legend were produced in European, specifically in English literature  and arts throughout the nineteenth century. Oscar Wilde's 1891  dramatic version of the legend in many ways epitomizes the full  potential of the legend and capitalizes on the period's fascination  with the Orient. The climactic moment of the play, the Dance of the  Seven Veils, offers a unique reflection on European understanding of  the harem and invites a comparison to Ottoman representations of  this same cultural space. This book analyzes the relation between  the Dance of the Seven Veils, and the figure of dancing woman in the  harem of the Ottoman Empire. It is the slippage between the two  which has informed various representations of the Oriental female  figure in the West. The gap that emerges between the Western  representations and the real practices in the harem, allows for a  focused critique of Orientalist practices while recovering, in some  ways, the actual experience of Muslim women. This book offers new  insights to the Ottoman harem women through the figure of Salomé  and questions previously established assumptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783844392951\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePersistence of the Turkish Harem in Oscar Wilde's Salomé\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783844392951","offer_id":39495911833693,"sku":"9783844392951","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/ce50b7b4-a6d3-4da8-8c16-8e6b355065ea.jpg?v=1758779052","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-invisible-dance-von-fatma-tarlaci","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}