Orientalism As Represented in Art
WHAT IS ORIENTALISM Many scholars describe Orientalism as “The way the East, particularly the Middle East and North Africa, are portrayed in Western society”. American-Palestinian academic Edward Said first used the concept in 1978’s[1]. Orientalism, in Said’s opinion, is a type of cultural imperialism that upholds Western views of the east as strange, absurd, and ... Read More
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