Orientalism / Edward W. Said.
Orientalism / Edward W. Said.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
London : Penguin, c1995.
Call Numbers
DH/2778
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 396 p. ; 20 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I. The scope of orientalism. 1. Knowing the oriental --- 2. Imaginative geography and its representations -- orientalizing the oriental --- 3. Projects --- 4. Crisis ---- Part II. Orientalist structures and restructures. 1. Redrawn frontiers, redfined issues, secularized religion --- 2. Silvest...
Publication information
Publisher
London : Penguin, c1995.
Edition
[Rev. ed.]
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c1995.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The author surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering Orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation. He traces his view through the writings of Homer, Nerval and Flaubert, Disraeli and Kipling, whose imaginative depictions have greatly contributed to the West's romantic and exotic picture of the Orie...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Orientalism / Edward W. Said.
Cover title
Orientalism : Western conceptions of the Orient
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
"Reprinted with a new Afterword"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mitchell Library copy at DH/2778: Part of the Donald Horne Collection, West Bank, Shelf 5.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c1995.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DH/2778
Record Identifier
74VKVA6JVBKb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVA6JVBKb
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0140238670
9780140238679
DDC
950.07 950/.07/2
MMS ID
991024172919702626
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