Decadent Orientalisms : the decay of colonial modernity /

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Decadent Orientalisms presents a sustained critique of the ways Orientalism and decadence have formed a joint discursive mode of the imperial imagination. Rather than attending to Orientalism as a repertoire of clichés and stereotypes, Fieni reads both Western and Islamic discourses of decadence to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fieni, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2020.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Orientalism > France.
Orientalism in literature.
Decadence in literature.
Decadence (Literary movement) > France.
Regression (Civilization) in literature.
Orientalisme > France.
Décadence dans la littérature.
Décadentisme > France.
Orientalisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Comparative Literature.
Regression (Civilization) in literature
Decadence in literature
Decadence (Literary movement)
Orientalism
Orientalism in literature
France
Arabic literature.
Francophone literature.
Islam.
Maghreb.
Orientalism.
colonial modernity.
decadence.
language politics.
philology.
secularism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Decadent Orientalisms presents a sustained critique of the ways Orientalism and decadence have formed a joint discursive mode of the imperial imagination. Rather than attending to Orientalism as a repertoire of clichés and stereotypes, Fieni reads both Western and Islamic discourses of decadence to show the diffuse, yet coherent network of institutions that have constituted Orientalism's power.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780823286423
0823286428
9780823286416
082328641X

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