Orientalism
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- noun
- /ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəlɪzəm/
- Formal
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orientalismo
- Many universities now offer courses that focus on Orientalism and its impact on cultural studies.
- an influential work, Orientalism
- the logic of Orientalism
- Orientalism as a discourse
Examples
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The study of Orientalism allows scholars to understand the rich histories of East Asian cultures.
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The third narrative draws attention to intersections of Orientalism and religion.
Academic text (2006) -
Yet for all of its success, Orientalism initially had difficulty finding a major publisher.
Academic text (2004) -
Travel and fiction writers were an important factor in the constitution of Orientalism.
Academic text (1998) -
Works like Orientalism, The Question of Palestine, and Covering Islam focused on the politics of cultural representation.
Academic text (2004) -
His extraordinarily influential work, Orientalism, is precisely an archeology of cultural authority.
Academic text (2004) -
Thanks to Edward Said, we can now appreciate what Orientalism represents and what kind of influence it can wield on comparative rhetoric.
Academic text (2003) -
North Africa, as a living antiquity, is a central topos of nineteenth-century French Orientalism.
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As Said has argued, Orientalism is a systematic distortion of the Orient in the geopolitical interest of the West.
Academic text (1993) -
In recent decades, Orientalism has evolved to include more diverse perspectives on Asian societies.
Synonyms
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The study of Asian languages, cultures, and history, especially East and South Asia
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Orientalism comes from orient, which traces back to Latin oriens meaning 'rising' and was used for the 'east', where the sun rises. So Orientalism first named the study or way of looking at the 'East', and today it often also means the ideas or pictures of Asian peoples that many scholars now question.