which could be linked to what Edward Said addressed about how the West saw the Orient. That is‚ in a very general way and the societies were not individualised and the East saw itself as a superior. A part of the text presents this idea well: “Orientalism is never too far from what Denys Hay has called the idea of Europe‚ a collective notion identifying ‘us’ Europeans against all those ‘non¬-Europeans’ ‚ and indeed can be argued that the major component in European culture is precisely what made
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major global cultures rolling up their sleeves to duke it out in a final battle of human identity‚ ignoring the real possibility of malleable and intertwining cultures that might actually emerge in the end‚ as Edward Said suggests. Author of Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism‚ Said studies Western imperialist culture and its passive legitimation through classic literature and a hawkish media. He concerns himself‚ also‚ with the power structures that accompany an imperialist culture. Both scholars
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revolt against the Turks‚ in reality the Arab Bureau and Lawrence supported the idea of an Arab Revolt as outlined in the McMahon Letter. This letter‚ a case of conflicting promises is better understood as described by Edward Said. He describes “Orientalism” as the way European’s viewed the inhabitants of the Orient as inferior politically‚ economically and culturally. As outlined in Perry’s: The Australian Light Horse (Novel)‚ Sharif al Far qi who was a deserter
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Discourse: based on ideas of Michel Foucault‚ discourse theory refers to the idea that the terms in which we speak‚ write and think about the world are a reflection of wider relations of power‚ and since they are also linked to practise‚ are themselves important in maintaining that power structure In the Order of Things (1970) Foucault focuses on fields of knowledge‚ such as economics‚ or natural history and the conventions according to which they were classified and represented in particular
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colonial power is possessed entirely by the colonizer which is a historical and theoretical simplification" (200). He asserted that colonization is not just a conscious body of knowledge (Said’s manifest Orientalism) but also the "unconscious positivity" of fantasy and desire (Bhabha’s latent Orientalism) (Young‚ "White Mythologies" 181). Bhabha used that vantage point — of liminal spaces — to study the phenomenon of cultural translation in his essay "How Newness Enters the World..." which was published
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“I can say without the slightest hesitation‚ and yet all humility‚ that those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means” (Gandhi‚ 1957; 504). These words are only a glimpse of Gandhi’s revolutionary sight that changed Western intellectuals. As we continue to remember his blessings‚ Gandhi will be known as a leader of the successful freedom struggle and a representative of the highest level of thinking in the Hindu religious tradition. Mohandas Gandhi
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Critical Reception of Rashomon in the West Greg M. Smith Asian Cinema 13.2 (Fall/Winter 2002) 115-28 Most of us who write about films may as well relax and confess that we know nothing at first hand about Japanese movie production; that all we have as data has come to us from press-sheets‚ from quick consultations with the nearest Japanese bystander‚ or. . . whatever we have been able to find useful in the way of analogy and of seeing the "unaccredited" performances of Kabuki. - Vernon
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Carlton has travelled back in time in an effort to reveal the myth of the so-called Little Egypt at the time of the Chicago Columbian Exposition in 1983‚ only to encounter more interesting stories about her fictitious character. The obsession with orientalism and the images of femmes fatales has haunted many Americans since the time of the Chicago Columbian Exposition‚ as these images have become widely rumored. At the time it first surfaced‚ oriental dance and its sensual body movements shocked the
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Paul Poiret who at the height of his career in pre-World War I France was the undisputed "King of Fashion." His sweeping vision led to a new silhouette that liberated women from the corset and introduced the shocking colors and exotic references of the Ballets Russes to the haute couture. "The historic significance and influence of Poiret’s work is breathtaking‚ and felt in fashion to the present day‚" said Harold Koda‚ Curator in Charge of the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute. "Poiret pioneered
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Murakami‚ T. (2000). Super Flat. Tokyo: Madra. Robertson‚ R. (1995). Glocalization: Time-space and homogeneity-heterogeneity. In M. Featherstone‚ S. Lash‚ & R. Roberston (Eds.)‚ Global Modernities (pp. 25–44). London: Sage. Said‚ E. W. (1995). Orientalism. London: Penguin. Schodt‚ F. L. (1986). Manga! Manga!: The world of Japanese comics (Updated pbk. ed.). Tokyo; New York: Kodansha International. Screech‚ T. (1996). The Western Scientific Gaze and Popular Imagery in Later Edo Japan: The lens within
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