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Reorienting Orientalism /
This collection of eleven essays reevaluates Edward Said's definition of 'orientalism' widely misconstrued as being merely postcolonial and contestable. The volume emphasizes the need to move beyond the prejudice and stereotype tied to the context of colonial exploitation. It challeng...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London :
SAGE Publications,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Iskandar, Alexander: Oriental Geography and Romantic Poetry; 2. 'Oriental Gothic': The Medieval Past in the Colonial Encounter; 3. The Limits of Orientalism: Classical Indian Dance and the Discourse of Heritage; 4. 'Truth Is, at the Moment, Here': Adrienne Rich and the Ghazal; 5. Two Occidental Heroines through Oriental Eyes; 6. Orientalism and its Other(s): Re-reading Marx on India; 7. Reading 'the Poverty of India': A Critical Engagement with the Saidian Interpretation of Orientalism.
- 8. Imaging the Nature of the Orient: Some Contradictions behind Colonial Forest Policies in India9. Can We Cross the Chasm? Agency and Orientalist Discourse in the Colonial Tamil Context; 10. The 'Octopodal Idea': Vincent Smith, Oxford University Press and the Histories of India; 11. Undreamt by Tyrants and Orthodoxies: Edward Said, Orientalism and the Politics of Cyberspace; About the Editor and Contributors; Index.