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The legacy of Edward W. Said The legacy of Edward W. Said William V. Spanos With the untimely death of Edward W. Said in 2003, various academic and public intellectuals worldwide have begun to reassess the writings of this powerful oppositional intellectual. Figures on the n… OL15287142W
Russia's own Orient Russia's own Orient Vera Tolz "Russia's own Orient examines how intellectuals in early twentieth-century Russia offered a new and radical critique of the ways in which Oriental cultures were understood at the time. Out of the fer… OL16141679W
Moros en la costa Moros en la costa Silvia Nagy A collection of articles that explore the manifestations of orientalism in the Latin American literary and cultural production with an article-length introduction by the editor. OL18572674W
Brown boys and rice queens Brown boys and rice queens Eng-Beng Lim "A transnational study of Asian performance shaped by the homoerotics of orientalism, Brown Boys and Rice Queens focuses on the relationship between the white man and the native boy. Eng-Beng Lim unp… OL19704887W
The East, the West, and Sex The East, the West, and Sex Bernstein, Richard "Richard Bernstein defines the East widely - northern Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific Islands - and frames it as a place where sexual pleasure was not commonly associated with sin, as it w… OL2355850W
The long shadow of the 19th century The long shadow of the 19th century Farish A. Noor "Stamford Raffles, James Brooke, John Crawfurd and Anna Leonowens were some of those who came from Europe or the United States to Southeast Asia in the nineteeth century - and then wrote about what t… OL31849552W
Islam, nationalism, and the West Islam, nationalism, and the West Iftikhar Haider Malik "The twentieth century posed great challenges for British foreign policy. How effectively did policymakers cope with change and decline? Were they as pragmatic as they claimed? Are there identifiable… OL3283648W
Refashioning Iran Refashioning Iran Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi "Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi offers a corrective to recent works on Orientalism that focus solely on European scholarly productions without exploring the significance of native scholars and vernacular sc… OL4415509W
American orientalism American orientalism Little, Douglas "With the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, America's relationship with the Middle East exploded to the forefront of our national consciousness. Looking back more than a half-century, Douglas L… OL5367596W
From the "Terror of the World" to the "Sick Man of Europe From the "Terror of the World" to the "Sick Man of Europe Asl Crakman "From the "Terror of the World" to the "Sick Man of Europe" sheds new light on the hotly debated issue of Orientalism by looking at the European images of the Ottoman Empire and society over three ce… OL9621785W