Abduction from the Seraglio: A Blind Eye
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In “Abduction from the Seraglio,” Pasha Selim subjects both European women and men of African descent to servitude within his haram. But their dramatic treatment — which characters get to enjoy freedom, which characters do not — tend to uphold stereotypes of race, class and sex.
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