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. See also Dance of the bee Dance of the seven veils References External links From Egypt to Chicago Review of Flaubert: a Life by Geoffrey Wall Account of the ghawazee of Esna The dancer of Esna, by William H. Peck Egyptian female erotic dancers Year of birth missing Year of death missing Egyptian female dancers Turkish words and phrases 19th-century dancers 19th-century Egyptian women