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 cliches and stereotypes, Fieni reads both Western and Islamic discourses of decadence to...

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Main Author: Fieni, David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Orientalism in literature.
Orientalism.
Decadence (Literary movement)
Decadence in literature.
Regression (Civilization) in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Comparative Literature.
Decadentisme > France.
Decadence dans la litterature.
Orientalisme > France.
Decadence (Literary movement) > France.
Orientalism > France.
France.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 cliches 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780823286423

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