Orientalism (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward W. Said
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: Cultural criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
- Subjects: Culture, History, Tradition, East and West
Form and Content
The best-known and most controversial study of its sort, Edward Said’s Orientalism is a scholarly and polemic examination of how scholars and other writers in the West have long viewed the East. By “Orientalism,” Said means three things. First, he uses the term as an academic designation for the activities of anyone who teaches, writes about, or conducts research on the Orient or the East in whatever discipline. A second meaning Said finds in the term is the related but more general notion of Orientalism “as a way of thinking based upon a...
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