Triumph of commercialism : the commodification of the Middle Eastern exotica at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893

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buir.advisorKohn, Edward P.
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Zeynep Gerdan
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T18:08:04Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T18:08:04Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.descriptionAnkara : The Department of History, Bilkent University, 2008.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2008.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references leaves 81-85.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis attempts to indicate how the concessionaires of the Middle Eastern exhibits in the Midway Plaisance at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 trafficked in centuries-old stereotypical Muslim images in the United States to realize a large financial profit at a time when American consumer culture was starting to emerge, and how they succeeded against such weaker competitors as the World’s Parliament of Religions and individual efforts made by official bodies such as the Ottoman government. In a larger context, it deals with the subject of how the American advertising and entertainment industries of the twentieth century adopted the practices of the Midway entrepreneurs by using Oriental stereotypes to generate profits.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityWilliams, Zeynep Gerdanen_US
dc.format.extentviii, 96 leaves, illustrationsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/14790
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subject19th Century Chicagoen_US
dc.subject19th Century American-Muslim Contactsen_US
dc.subjectOriental stereotypesen_US
dc.subjectOrienten_US
dc.subjectMidway Plaisanceen_US
dc.subjectChicago Fair of 1893en_US
dc.subjectWorld’s Columbian Expositionen_US
dc.subject.lccE185.53.C5 W55 2008en_US
dc.subject.lcshAdvertising--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBusiness and politics--United States--History--19th century.en_US
dc.titleTriumph of commercialism : the commodification of the Middle Eastern exotica at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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