Reorienting orientalism

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Presents a collection of ten essays, which re-evaluates Eward Said's definition of orientalism. This book emphasizes the need to move beyond the prejudice and stereotype tied to the context of colonial exploitation, and offers a plea for the re-reading of Said and so reorienting orientalism.

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Full title :Reorienting orientalism

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Publication Date:2006

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Publisher(s):SAGE Publications Ltd
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2006

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Description:295 p.

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ISBN:0761934472, 9780761934479, 8178295903, 9788178295909
oclc:ocn474781263
LC Classification:DS61.85
Dewey Decimal:303.4821821054

Iskandar, Alexander: Oriental geography and romantic poetry / Kitty Scoular Datta -- 'Oriental gothic': the medieval past in the colonial encounter / Ananya Jahanara Kabir -- The limits of Orientalism: classical indian dance and the discourse of heritage / Pallabi Chakravorty -- 'Truth is, at the moment, here': Adrienne Rich and the ghazal / Sonali Barua -- Two Occidental heroines through Oriental eyes / Pradosh Bhattacharya -- Orientalism and its other(s): rereading Marx on india / Chandreyee Niyogi -- Reading 'The poverty of India': a critical engagement with the Saidian interpretation of Orientalism / Sudeshna Banerjee -- Imaging the nature of the Orient: some contradictions behind colonial forest policies in India / Subhasis Biswas -- Can we cross the chasm? Agency and Orientalist discourse in the colonial Tamil context / Perundevi Srinivasan -- The 'octopodal idea': Vincent Smith, Oxford University Press and the histories of India / Rimi B. Chatterjee -- Undreamt by tyrants and orthodoxies: Edward Said, Orientalism and the politics of cyberspace -- David Ewick

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Asien-regioner Civilisation Interkulturelle studier Kulturanalyse Kulturel identitet Kulturhistorie Mellemøsten Orientalism Orientalisme Postkolonialisme Said, Edward W.