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Orientalism

Edward W. Said (Author)
Orientalism is a 1978 book by Edward W. Said, in which the author establishes the term "Orientalism" as a critical concept to describe the West's commonly contemptuous depiction and portrayal of The East, i.e. the Orient
Print Book, English, 1994
Vintage Books edition. With a new afterword by the author View all formats and editions
Vintage Books, New York, 1994
History (form)
xxx, 394 pages ; 21 cm
9780394740676, 039474067X
31978068
The scope of orientalism. Knowing the oriental ; Imaginative geography and its representations : orientalizing the oriental ; Projects ; Crisis
Orientalist structures and restructures. Redrawn frontiers, redefined issues, secularized religion ; Silverstre de Sacy and Ernest Renan : rational anthropology and philological laboratory ; Oriental residence and scholarship : the requirements of lexicography and imagination ; Pilgrims and pilgrimages, British and French
Orientalism now. Latent and manifest orientalism ; Style, expertise, vision : orientalism's worldliness ; Modern Anglo-French orientalism in fullest flower ; The latest phase