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orientalism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | oriental studies |
| Type of | arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts |
| Derivation | orientalist |
orientalism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | quality |
| Derivation | orientalist |
orientalisms can be found in Mozart's operas.
Examples of orientalism
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The eastern-continent scenes, however, suffer from a kitschy orientalism.
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Tamara may be considered Balakirev's greatest work as well as a touchstone of orientalism.
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I think that this approach smacks too much of military orientalism.
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Orientalism included much criticism of historian Bernard Lewis, which Lewis in turn answered.
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Orientalism is a big fashion trend right now and two designers in particular have tapped into that theme.
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It's a sobriquet that, despite its antiquated orientalism, the ferocious Madame Nhu might have liked.
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Palestinian-American literary critic Edward Said uses the term occident in his discussion of orientalism.
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In the late nineteenth century, orientalism was in vogue.
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Orientalism meets Occidentalism, in twisty ways.
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- The scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
- The quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations; "orientalisms can be found in Mozart's operas"
- (orientalist) a specialist in oriental subjects
- Orientalism is primarily a term used for the imitation or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers and artists.
- Orientalism is the 1978 book by Edward Said that has been highly influential in postcolonial studies. In the book, Said writes that "Orientalism" is a constellation of false assumptions underlying Western attitudes toward the Middle East. ...
- (Orientalists) Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer term, Asian studies. ...
- In the figurative arts, the tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East
- Conceptualized by Baudet, without using this term, as a preeminently sympathetic view of Turks, Persians, and other non-Westerners other than the Chinese, Africans, or American Indians (Baudet, pp. 45-48).
- Edward Saids term for an entire discourse through which the colonial Other is represented by the West as subordinate, thus providing an intellectual foundation for material domination ? ie. for imperial and economic exploitation.
