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A fascinating demonstration of how U.S. representations of veils, harems, and belly dancers have operated as nostalgic and exotic symbols to help rationalize dominant U.S. narratives about power and progress.

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Excavating Orientalist Images of Arab Womanhood Traveling Orientalism: U.S. Echoes of a French Tradition Dancing the Hootchy Kootchy: The Rhythms and Contortions of American Orientalism Selling Little Egypt: The Commodification of Arab Womanhood Veiled Intentions: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the Service of Empire, Security and Globalization

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´This is an outstanding, truly innovative, and very timely project that explores predominant images of Arab women in U.S. popular culture.´ - Nadine Naber, Program in American Culture and Department of Women´s Studies, University of Michigan, USA

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AMIRA JARMAKANI is Assistant Professor in the Women´s Studies Institute at Georgia State University, USA.

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