De Haan imagined the Orient as a dignified homosocial male realm

Evidence

In addition to a realm where men carouse with young boys, De Haan’s Orient is a place where men confide in each other with respect: The caftan of the one is heavy and purple. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 504

Categorization

• FICTION: An exoticized masculine homosocial utopia is a potent worldbuilding element for any fiction set in colonial-era contact zones.