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The Muslim Bonaparte: Diplomacy and Orientalism in Ali Pasha´s Greece
K. E. Fleming
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Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 220 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 514.
Ali Pasha of Ioannina (?1750-1822), the Ottoman-appointed governor of the northern mainland of Greece, was a towering figure in Ottoman, Greek, and European history. Based on an array of literatures, paintings, and musical scores, this is the first English-language critical biography about him in recent decades. K. E. Fleming shows that the British and French diplomatic experience of Ali was at odds with the "orientalist" literatures that he inspired. Dubbed by Byron the "Muslim Bonaparte," Ali enjoyed a position of diplomatic strength in the eastern Adriatic; in his attempt to secede from the Ottoman state, he cleverly took advantage of ... Read more
Ali Pasha of Ioannina (?1750-1822), the Ottoman-appointed governor of the northern mainland of Greece, was a towering figure in Ottoman, Greek, and European history. Based on an array of literatures, paintings, and musical scores, this is the first English-language critical biography about him in recent decades. K. E. Fleming shows that the British and French diplomatic experience of Ali was at odds with the "orientalist" literatures that he inspired. Dubbed by Byron the "Muslim Bonaparte," Ali enjoyed a position of diplomatic strength in the eastern Adriatic; in his attempt to secede from the Ottoman state, he cleverly took advantage of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691601823
SKU
V9780691601823
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Reviews for The Muslim Bonaparte: Diplomacy and Orientalism in Ali Pasha´s Greece
"K. E. Fleming . . . raises significant questions about the dynamic complexity of cultural representation. [She] invites the critical rethinking of a number of crucial notions such as hegemony, power, and history."—Liana H. Theodoratou, New York University "K. E. Fleming shows that the cultural representation of Ali Pasha by the West was not simply nor mainly a way of ... Read more