{"product_id":"harem-the-world-behind-the-veil","title":"Harem: The World Behind the Veil","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an insight into the harem and harem life, focusing on the famed Seraglio of Topkapi Palace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author uses her first-hand experience to describe the absolute rule of the sultans, the slave markets and the eunuchs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is illustrated with paintings by Delacroix, Ingres and Renoir, Turkish woodcuts, Persian miniatures, photographs and film stills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCroutier investigates the middle class harems, looking at the polygamous life of ordinary Middle Eastern households, including marital customs, child rearing, medical practices, superstitions and the expression of desire and jealousy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Harem\" shows how this Eastern institution invaded the Victorian imagination, in the form of decorating, costume and art and how Western ideas, in turn, eroded a system which had seemed to be absolutely powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alev Lytle Croutier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44590461354153,"sku":"9781558591592","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/har.jpg?v=1725327668","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/harem-the-world-behind-the-veil","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}