Playing East: Arabs Perform in Nineteenth Century America
This article explores the practice, widespread among the diasporic Syrians and North Africans of the nineteenth century, of pretending to be Arabs. “Arabs” were astute purveyors of Orientalism, both in entertainment and in trade. Syrian peddlers and merchants played the Orientalist card because they...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
North Carolina State University, Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
2021-02-01
|
| Series: | Mashriq & Mahjar |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mashriq/article/view/41 |