Oriental interiors [electronic resource] : design, identity, space / edited by John Potvin.

"Since the publication of Edward Said's groundbreaking work Orientalism 35 years ago, numerous studies have explored the West's fraught and enduring fascination with the so-called Orient. Focusing their critical attention on the literary and pictorial arts, these studies have, to date, largely negle...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Potvin, John (Editor)
Language:	English
Published:	London : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Subjects:	Interior decoration > Asian infleunces. Interior decoration > Psychological aspects. Orientalism in art.
Online Access:	ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2015 (Ebook Central @ Proquest) EBSCO eBooks: 2015 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2015 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	Oriental Interiors: Design, Identity, Space
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

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Introduction: Inside Orientalism: Hybrid Spaces and Modern Interior Design
John Potvin, Concordia University, Canada
Section I: Modes of Display and Representation
Introduction to Section I
Chapter 1: The Emptiness of Western Aesthetics Versus the Aesthetics of Eastern Intimacy: A Reading of Interior Spaces and (Colonial) Literary Impressionism in E. M. Forster's A Passage to India
Victor Vargas, Cogswell Polytechnic, USA
Chapter 2: The Exhibitionary Re-production of 'Islamic' Architecture
Solmaz Mohammadzadeh Kive, University of Colorado, USA
Chapter 3: Promoting the Colonial Empire through French Interior Design
Laura Sextro, University of Dayton, USA
Chapter 4: Orientalism and David Hockney's Male-positive Imaginative Geographies
Dennis S. Gouws, Springfield College and the Australian Institute of Male Health and Studies, Australia
Chapter 5: The Excessive Trompe l'Oeil: The Saturated Interior in Tears of the Black Tiger
Mark Taylor, University of Newcastle, Australia and Michael J. Ostwald, University of Newcastle, AustraliaSection II: Gendered and Sexual Identities
Introduction to Section II
Chapter 6: On Oriental Interiors in Eighteenth-century British Women Writers' Novels
Marianna D'Ezio, Luspio University for International Studies of Rome, Italy
Chapter 7: Bachelor Quarters: The Spaces of Japonisme in Nineteenth-century Paris
Christopher Reed, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Chapter 8: Coming Out of the China Closet?: Performance, Identity and Sexuality in the House Beautiful
Anne Anderson, Hon. Research Fellow Exeter University and Associate MIRC, Kingston University, UK
Chapter 9: Orientalism, Collecting and Shame: Inside Rolf de Maré's Hildesborg Estate
John Potvin, Concordia University, Canada
Section III: Spaces and Markets of Consumption
Introduction to Section III
Chapter 10: Paradise in the Parlour: Potted Palms in Western Interiors, 1850 - 1914
Penny Sparke, Kingston University, UK
Chapter 11: Traveling in Time and Space: The Cinematic Landscape of the Empress Theatre
Camille Bédard, McGill University, Canada
Chapter 12: Oriental Spaces at Sea: From the Titanic to the Empress of Britain
Anne Massey, Middlesex University, UK
Chapter 13: Posturing for Authenticity: Embodying Otherness in Contemporary Interiors of Modern Yoga
Lauren Bird, Queen's University, CanadaIndex.