New perspectives on Sir Richard Burton orientalism, the Cannibal Club, and Victorian ideas of sex, race and gender /

Wallen, John

New perspectives on Sir Richard Burton orientalism, the Cannibal Club, and Victorian ideas of sex, race and gender / [Texte imprimé] : John Wallen - 2nd ed. - Bethesda : Academica Press, 2017 - 1 vol. (187 p.) ; 24 cm

Bibliogr. p. 171-181

Is Burton still relevant? -- Sufi, Christian or Buddhist? : Richard Francis Burton's "parameters of belief" -- The Cannibal Club and the origins of 19th century racism and pornography -- Burton, Said and postcolonial theory : an unreasonable discourse -- Burton in Makkah and Medina : Sufi aspirant or imperialist spy? -- White skin, Arab mask : polygenism and Burton's sojourn in Harar -- The gold mines of Midian and the land of Midian revisited : Burton's "imperial eyes" -- The "terminal essay" to Burton's Arabian nights : tasting the forbidden fruit -- Sexual anthropology : Burton and Said's "gendered axis" -- Burton's personas : imperialist dissimulation or parody/hybridity ?

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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 / Political and social views Cannibal Club (London, England) / History Orientalism / Great Britain / History / 19th century Racism / Great Britain / History / 19th century Pornography / Great Britain / History / 19th century Men, White / Great Britain / Social conditions / 19th century Imperialism / Social aspects / Great Britain / History / 19th century Great Britain / Moral conditions / History / 19th century Said, Edward W. / Political and social views Postcolonialism / Philosophy

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