Kuchuk Hanem

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Kuchuk Hanem (

Ghawazee dancer of Esna,[1] mentioned in two unrelated accounts of travel to Egypt, the French novelist Gustave Flaubert[2] and the American adventurer George William Curtis.[3]

Kuchuk Hanem became a key figure and symbol in Flaubert's

strip-tease.[2] Later, Kuchuk Hanem was the subject of an 1851 poem by Louis Bouilhet, "Kuchuk-Hanem, Souveneer" which was inspired by Flaubert's accounts from letters.[4] Louise Colet, a[5] mistress of Flaubert, is said to have sought out the aging dancer on a trip to Egypt at the time of the opening of the Suez Canal, in order to report back to Flaubert the ravages that time had wrought on the woman he so admired.[6]

It seems certain that she was also an influence on

rebaba, and an old woman who kept time on the tar.[2][3]

"Kuchuk Hanem" is not a proper name and actually means "little lady" in Turkish (küçük hanım). It might be a term of endearment applied to a child, a lover, or a famous dancer.[1] Flaubert reports that she was from Damascus and belonged to the Doms in Syria,[7] but it remains unclear if this was a name chosen by the woman to represent herself to the colonial tourists or if this is a casual shorthand name used by the two writers to describe her. The sensationalized and eroticized presence of Kuchuk Hanem within the literature of this period underscores early misrepresentations of non-western women in the imagination of the West.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Wall, Geoffrey (27 October 2001). "Flaubert: A Life by Geoffrey Wall". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Mader-Lin, Eric. "Erotic Pages from Flaubert's *Voyage en Egypte*". www.necessaryprose.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  3. ^
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  4. ISBN 978-0801457128
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  5. ISBN 0224022229
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  6. ^ Peck, William H. "The Dancer of Esna". Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  7. ISBN 9780297866503
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  8. ^ Said, Edward W., 1979, Orientalism, New York, Vintage, pp. 186-190.

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