Snowy domes and gay turbans: American travelers on Bosnia, 1897-1941. : An article from: East European Quarterly [HTML]

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Title: Snowy domes and gay turbans: American travelers on Bosnia, 1897-1941.
Author: Omer Hadziselimovic
Publication: East European Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2002
Publisher: East European Quarterly
Volume: 36 Issue: 1 Page: 27(12)Distributed by Thompson Gale

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"And where is Bosnia?" That was the question posed in 1897 by Phebe Davis Natt, one of the first Americans to leave a travel account of that Balkan land. In her short article published in The Nation she speaks of Bosnia's "lofty mountains," "wild and picturesque valleys," "tall, white minarets and snowy domes," and "streets gay with turbans." Natt's pioneering question, her description of the Bosnian land and people, and her conclusion, in which she bids farewell to Sarajevo and its "picturesque and Oriental" (l) aspects, foreshadow the kind of fascination Bosnia would hold for future American visitors, several of them women and artists like Phebe Davis Natt herself. Picturesqueness, Orientalism, and romance would dominate the American travelers...


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