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Left Orientalism Rears Its Head Yet Again: Ali, Say It Ain't So

Pacific Free Press - Feb 16, 2012
[Prequel: I'm going to write a longer piece on this issue, not Ali per se but on the entire 'orientalism' approach that saturates all of us, left and right. All quotes from, ''Assad must go to save Syria from intervention', RT 15 February 2012 - WB] ...

Go East, Monsieur

Wall Street Journal - Feb 6, 2012
But the 1978 publication of Edward Said's book "Orientalism" effectively ended the long tradition of such risible, somewhat racist perceptions, at least in terms of nomenclature. In today's politically correct usage the term "Oriental" has been ...

A Postcolonial reading of Chris Hedges

Infoshop News - Feb 7, 2012
Edward Said's seminal text 'Orientalism' examines how Western study of 'The Orient' contributes to the functioning of colonial power. Representations of 'The Orient” in Western texts purporting to offer knowledge and insight into 'other' countries ...

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Orientalism

by: Edward W. Said
The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University,examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs.
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Culture and Imperialism

by: Edward W. Said
A landmark work from the intellectually auspicious author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavor and the culture that both reflected and reinforced it. "Said is a brilliant . . . scholar, aesthete and political activist."--Washington Post Book World.
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Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others

by: Sara Ahmed
In this groundbreaking work, Sara Ahmed demonstrates how queer studies can put phenomenology to productive use. Focusing on the “orientation” aspect of “sexual orientation” and the “orient” in “orientalism,” Ahmed examines what it means for bodies to be situated in space and time. Bodies take shape as they move through the world directing themselves toward or away from objects and others. Being “orientated” means feeling at home, knowing where one stands, or having certain objects within reach.
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Exotic Taste: Orientalist Interiors

by: Emmanuelle Gaillard

Exuberant Chinese-inspired drawing rooms, Persian-style boudoirs, bulbous Mogul domes, and Turkish smoking rooms were once the rage in avant-garde circles and are undergoing a resurgence in popularity today as the global economy brings attention to the styles of the Far East, India, and the Islamic world. Emmanuelle Gaillard and Marc Walter’s lavish new book traces the Asian sources of this fashion, and its transformation in late 19th- and early 20th-century Western settings. Illustrated with extraordinary vintage and contemporary interior photography, fabrics, wallpapers, patterns, decorative objects, and costumes, this volume tours the houses of writers, thinkers, business tycoons, princesses, and even the Russian empress Catherine the Great.
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On Orientalism-Edward Said

Edward Said discusses the themes of his classic work "orientalism", its implications and its place in the modern world.

 

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Edward Said: Orientalism April 16, 2003

Edward Said (November 1, 1935 - September 25, 2003) delivering the concluding lecture of an Orientalism conference . He was Columbia University Professor of English and Comparative Literature, literary theorist, cultural critic, advocate for Palestinian rights, and a founding figure in postcolonialism. His book, Orientalism, explores the "subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture." camera: Joe Friendly

 

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On Orientalism-Edward Said (2/4)

Edward Said discusses the themes of his classic work "orientalism", its implications and its place in the modern world.

 

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What is Orientalism? + Comparison of Orientalism Now and Then

This video will describe and illustrate the concept of Orientalism. Included in this video is an explanation of Orientalism by the term's founder, Edward Said. In addition, a comparison between ancient Orientalism and modern Orientalism is made.

 

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Edward Said: On Orientalism

www.mediaed.org Edward Said's book Orientalism has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging and lavishly illustrated interview he talks about the context within which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient" as represented in the mass media. "That's the power of the discourse of Orientalism. If you're thinking about people and Islam, and about that part of the world, those are the words you constantly have to use. To think past it, to go beyond it, not to use it, is virtually impossible, because there is no knowledge that isn't codified in this way about that part of the world." -Edward Said