Abstract
Abstract Since the 1991 Persian Gulf War, there has been a proliferation of texts claiming to “unveil,” get “behind the veil,” and “expose” the “hidden world” of Islamic women. This renewed popular appeal of travel writing co-exists with American military actions in the Middle East and points to a troubling relationship between narratives stereotypically representing Muslim women and American foreign policy. Inheriting 19th-century travel writing's language of the civilizing mission, contemporary travel narratives represent Muslim women as in need of the West's governmental, military, and economic interventions. Like 19th-century narratives legitimating colonial rule, contemporary travel narratives enact a violence of penetration, a violence of representation, and a violence of cultural imposition.
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