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Orientalism is a 1978 book by Edward W. Said, in which the author establishes the term "Orientalism" as a critical concept to describe the West's commonly contemptuous depiction and portrayal of The East, i.e. the Orient. Societies and peoples of the Orient are those who inhabit the places of Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. Said argues that Orientalism, in the sense of the Western scholarship about the Eastern World, is inextricably tied to the imperialist societies who produced it, which makes much Orientalist work inherently political and servile to power.[1] According to Said, in the Middle East, the social, economic, and cultural practices of the ruling Arab elites indicate they are imperial satraps who have internalized a romanticized version of Arab Culture created by French, British and later, American, Orientalists. Examples used in the book include critical analyses of the colonial literature of Joseph Conrad,[verification needed] which conflates a people, a time, and

Orientalism (book) - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1978 book by Edward W. Said Orientalism Cover of the first edition, showing part of The Snake Charmer (1880), an Orientalist painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) currently held at the Clark Art Institute Author Edward W. Saïd Language English Subject Orientalism Publisher Pantheon Books Publication date 1978 Publication place United States Media type Print ( Hardcover and Paperback ) Pages 368 ISBN 978-0-394-42814-7 Online Computer Library Center number</span>"}]]}'>OCLC 4004102 Dewey Decimal 950/.07/2 Lib

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