ENCHANTMENT:
Stories from the Tangier American Legation
The new edition of Enchantment: Stories from the Tangier American Legation is available for online purchase via PayPal. Copies are available for shipping within the United States only, but you can also purchase the book in person at the Legation gift shop. Sales support our free outreach activities.
A perfect introduction to Moroccan history for the general reader. A challenge to scholars to reconsider Orientalism, without polemics. And an invitation for all to explore a charming museum. This revised edition expands upon the original 2010 publication, offering fresh insights and perspectives. Enchantment offers a "wonderful tour" of Morocco - by way of eight essays and colored reproductions of paintings and prints, now hanging in the first diplomatic mission ever acquired by the young United States. These pictures illustrate stories about the North African kingdom's relationship with the foreigners who fell under its spell, and became embroiled in its affairs. The captivated artists range from the father of romanticism, Eugene Delacroix, to the sometimes decadent circle around writer Paul Bowles. They include a renowned Scottish etcher, James McBey, in flight from a bleak past, and a kidnapped American playboy, Ion Perdicaris, one of the twentieth century's first celebrities. Also featured are works by Moroccan artists who enthusiastically embraced new ways of making art and expressing their affection for this beguiling land, poised on the cusp of three civilizations. Sales support the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies.
