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020			_a9780143027980
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100			_aSaid, Edward W.
245		0	_aOrientalism
260			_aIndia _bPenguin India _c2001
300			_a416 _c20 x 14 x 4 cm _rPaperback
504			_aIn this highly acclaimed seminal work, Edward Said surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering Orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation-a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the ‘otherness’ of Eastern culture, customs and beliefs. He traces this 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 Orient. In the preface, Said examines the continuing effects of Western imperialism and racism, manifest in the events leading up to and post 9/11, establishing Orientalism as a canonical text of cultural studies.
650			_aEastern culture
650			_aImperialism
650			_aOrientalism
650			_aWestern attitude
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