Vargı, Nimet Elif2016-01-082016-01-082010http://hdl.handle.net/11693/15012Ankara : The Department of Communication and Design and the Institute of Economics and Social Sciences of Bilkent University, 2010.Thesis ()Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2010.Includes bibliographical references leaves 89-91This thesis aims to examine the photographic representation of the Eastern women, in nineteenth century. The theoretical framework of this study is based upon the formation of the representation of the “Eastern women” in the context of Orientalist discourse. The emergence of Orientalist studio photography is analyzed with the thematic classifications of the Eastern women in photography. In addition, how the Western subject constitutes himself through the agency of desire in terms of the images of the Eastern women is discussed.x, 152 leaves, illustrationsEnglishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessOrientalismOrientalist paintingOrientalist studio photographyRepresentationColonialismWomanTR113.5 .V37 2010Photography--Middle East--History--19th century.Photography of women.Orientalism in art.ThesisB120070