Orientalism and Literature

ISBN-13: 9781108499002 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 388 str.

Geoffrey P. Nash

Opis

Discusses how Orientalism, a key critical concept in literary studies, has evolved and assists our reading of literature.

Recenzje

'The organization is excellent, and the essays are brief and get right to the point. Literary scholars will find this collection an excellent complement to Said's Orientalism.' K. M. Kapanga, Choice

Spis treści

Introduction Geoffrey P. Nash; Part I. Origins: 1. Styles of Orientalism in the eighteenth century Suvir Kaul; 2. The origin and development of the Oriental tale James Watt; 3. Romantic Orientalism and Occidentalism Saree Makdisi; 4. The Victorians: empire and the East Sukanya Banerjee; 5. Orientalism and Victorian fiction Daniel Bivona; 6. Orientalism and race: Aryans and Semites Christopher Hutton; 7. Orientalism and the Bible Ivan D. Kalmar; Part II. Development: 8. Said, Bhabha and the colonized subject Eleanor Byrne; 9. The Harem: gendering Orientalism Reina Lewis; 10. Orientalism and Middle East travel writing Ali Behdad; 11. Nineteenth and twentieth American Orientalism David Weir; 12. Edward Said and resistance in colonial and postcolonial literatures Valerie Kennedy; 13. Can the cosmopolitan writer be absolved of racism? Andrew C. Long; Part III. Application: 14. From Orientalism to Islamophobia Mahmut Mutman; 15. Applications of neo-Orientalism and Islamophobia in recent writing Peter Morey; 16. Orientalism and cultural translation: Middle-Eastern American writing Carol W. N. Fadda; 17. New Orientalism and the American media: New York Cleopatra and Saudi 'giggly black ghosts' Moneera Ghadeer; 18. On Orientalism's future(s) Anouar Majid; 19. The engine of survival: a future for Orientalism Patrick Williams.