Orientalism

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book critical concept scholarly work theory

Orientalism is a critical concept and scholarly work, notably articulated by Edward Said, that examines how Western representations of Eastern cultures have historically constructed and dominated the “Orient” through stereotyped and exoticized depictions.

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Label	Occurrences
Orientalism canonical	17
Edward Said’s Orientalism (interpretive framework)	1
Orientalism (book)	1
Orientalism in design	1
Victorian Orientalism	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ critical concept ⓘ scholarly work ⓘ theory ⓘ
arguesThat	knowledge and power are intertwined in colonial contexts ⓘ representations of the Orient serve political and imperial interests ⓘ Orient ⓘ surface form: the Orient is a Western construct
associatedWith	Edward Said ⓘ postcolonial intellectuals ⓘ
author	Edward Said ⓘ
criticizedBy	some historians of the Middle East ⓘ some literary scholars ⓘ
critiques	Eurocentrism ⓘ Western scholarship on the Orient ⓘ colonial discourse ⓘ
field	Middle Eastern studies ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ postcolonial studies ⓘ
focusesOn	exoticized depictions of Eastern cultures ⓘ knowledge production about the Orient ⓘ power relations between West and East ⓘ stereotyped depictions of Eastern cultures ⓘ
hasImpactOn	analysis of media representations of Islam ⓘ debates on cultural representation ⓘ interpretation of colonial literature ⓘ studies of imperialism ⓘ
influenced	critical theory ⓘ cultural criticism ⓘ postcolonial theory ⓘ subaltern studies ⓘ
keyConcept	Othering ⓘ binary opposition between Occident and Orient ⓘ discourse ⓘ hegemony ⓘ
mainSubject	Western representations of the East ⓘ construction of the Orient ⓘ cultural imperialism ⓘ postcolonial critique ⓘ
relatedTo	colonialism ⓘ global power structures ⓘ imperialism ⓘ race and representation ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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The Corsair → influencedBy → Orientalism ⓘ

Edward Said → notableWork → Orientalism ⓘ

Moorish Revival → relatedTo → Orientalism ⓘ

Owen Jones → movement → Orientalism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orientalism in design

Durbar Wing → culturalContext → Orientalism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Victorian Orientalism

Jean-Léon Gérôme → movement → Orientalism ⓘ

Culture and Imperialism → follows → Orientalism ⓘ

Culture and Imperialism → relatedWork → Orientalism ⓘ

Covering Islam → mainSubject → Orientalism ⓘ

Covering Islam → follows → Orientalism ⓘ

Covering Islam → influencedBy → Orientalism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orientalism (book)

Aijaz Ahmad → criticized → Orientalism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edward Said’s Orientalism (interpretive framework)

Mariano Fortuny → movement → Orientalism ⓘ

Les Orientales → inspiredBy → Orientalism ⓘ

Léon Bakst → movement → Orientalism ⓘ

The Death of Sardanapalus → artworkStyle → Orientalism ⓘ

West–östlicher Divan → theme → Orientalism ⓘ

Théodore Chassériau → movement → Orientalism ⓘ

Henri Regnault → movement → Orientalism ⓘ

Henri Zuber → movement → Orientalism ⓘ

Gustave Boulanger → movement → Orientalism ⓘ