Talk:Odalisque

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Note: Part of this article is taken from the public domain 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary. -- Karada 16:09, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Concubine or not?
An odalisque was a female slave or concubine in the Ottoman Seraglio […] An odalisque was not a concubine of the harem Ian Spackman 09:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Images
Currently there are two images, both depicting the European orientalist erotic fantasy version of the odalisque. This seems out of balance considering how controversial and discredited this form of bourgeois pornography has become, gorgeous though the paintings are. Surely a single image of such a painting would be more appropriate, ideally set against another image representing a very different point of view. Ireneshusband 18:51, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The pictures don't seem to show 'court ladies' servicing higher ranking women. Jonpatterns (talk) 12:41, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Law Society of British Columbia paragraph
The final paragraph of the article contributes very little to the subject. But it, and its cited source, are so funny that I hope it is retained. Maproom (talk) 21:53, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Definition
The quote from Joan DelPlato is used twice. First it is taken almost verbatim in the initial definition, then given again a few lines later as an illustration of the shift in meaning. It seems OK in the second usage, but is not correct and precise enough for a definition: the nudity of the subject is missing from the definition, the subject is not always on her side (counter-examples in the illustrations) and is not necessarily meant to be Eastern. I changed the definition accordingly.

Alestane (talk) 03:11, 13 December 2021 (UTC)