French Orientalism :: Culture, Politics, and the Imagined Other.

In 1798, Napoléon I launched his Egyptian Campaign and opened what has become recognized as the canonic period of French Orientalism, which extends from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth century. As defined by Edward W. Said (Orientalism, 1978), Orientalism is intrinsically Eurocentri...

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1. Verfasser: Hosford, Desmond
Weitere Verfasser: Wojtkowski, Chong J.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.
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Zusammenfassung:In 1798, Napoléon I launched his Egyptian Campaign and opened what has become recognized as the canonic period of French Orientalism, which extends from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth century. As defined by Edward W. Said (Orientalism, 1978), Orientalism is intrinsically Eurocentric and places the Orient in opposition to the European West as the quintessentially foreign Other. In this sense, the Occident supposedly defines itself by gazing at the East as its inverse image and ...
Beschreibung:1 online resource (276 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-260) and index.
ISBN:9781443823449
1443823449

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