Great - I hope you are going to publish it at some point! And I agree. Comparing Porot's 1912 text on Tunisia with his 1918 "Notes de psychiatrie musulmane" is astonishing.

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It does look amazing, doesn't it? Cannot wait to see it!

Ha. I am so sorry! I thought you had posted it on another post I made today, about an advert for cigarettes. So - absinthe: No, definitely not. 19th-century absinthe was no more (or less!) dangerous than any other similarly alcoholic drink of the time & had no harmful additives in it.

might have been Jewish. Not that this (Hugo Zietz being Jewish) would necessarily exclude the possibility of antisemitic tropes being used in adverts for these cigarettes, obviously!

How grim if that is what this advert represents! I wrote this in reply to @mirk47.bsky.social, who also mentioned this: I thought of those tropes, but I believe that Hugo Zietz, the founder of the company ("Orientalische Tabak- & Cigarettenfabrik Yenidze") that produced these cigarettes, [...]

Not that this (Hugo Zietz being Jewish) would necessarily exclude the possibility of antisemitic tropes being used in adverts for these cigarettes, obviously!

That is a great point - I completely agree. I thought of those tropes myself, but I believe that Hugo Zietz, the founder of the company ("Orientalische Tabak- & Cigarettenfabrik Yenidze") that produced these cigarettes, might have been Jewish. Not entirely sure - I really need to find out more!

Oh, I like that idea!

Hmmm... Good question, but I don't think so. I think they were just made from tobacco!

I think the founder named it "Salem Aleikum" - indeed, a version of the Arabic greeting "Peace be upon you" - because the tobacco came from the Ottoman Empire.

There is a tradition of very derogatory depictions of Muslims in the 19th century, but this "demonic" image is different.

Yes, it does look demonic, doesn't it? I think it might be the Greek god Pan - but either way: What a strange choice to use in adverts for cigarettes, especially ones called "Salem Aleikum"!

Yes, I think so too! Not sure if I've ever seen a smoking Pan before, though!

Very good point about "Genuss"! And I agree - it looks like a pan figure to me too. So bizarre!

I don't really know - it looks like more of a Pan figure to me. "Salem Aleikum" used Orientalism to advertise their products - architecture, mostly. And I think that they have not usually depicted Muslims in such a negative way... But I am truly not sure what this image represents!

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