Nov 4, 2022 · Defined by Palestinian scholar Edward Said in 1978, Orientalism is the interpretation of Asian cultures by Westerners that is often objectifying, stereotyping, and …

Apr 4, 2018 · Orientalism surfaces in the New Age commodification of Eastern spirituality, in the predilection to glom separate cultures into a blurry whole, in the freedom that still seems to be …

Apr 19, 2012 · Apart from hostile essays on the singer Umm Kulthum and the belly dancer Tahia Carioca (both Egyptians), his neglect of popular culture was fairly comprehensive. His reading …

Jul 9, 2023 · Orientalism is a way of conceiving & representing the Eastern World in a stereotypical, exotic, and patronizing way by the Western World. Originally, the term referred …

Images of the East flooded popular culture, creating a romanticized and stereotyped mirage of Middle Eastern and Asian cultures. These Orientalist depictions often overlapped with racist …

Ken Mcleod states that the rise of what he calls “techno-Orientalism” in Western pop culture has given rise to “hybrid cultural appropriations and re-appropriations” which have come to …

Thanks to the memory of the Tripolitan wars, the popularization of travelogues, and popular contemporary Christian attitudes about Arabs, the “Orient” became synonymous with …

Apr 16, 2024 · Defined as the Western lens through which the East is perceived, Orientalism has persisted throughout the post-colonial era. Its usage in popular media served to justify …

In Virtual Orientalism, Iwamura narrates the cultural-historical genealogy of the Oriental monk figure in U.S. popular culture and media, noting its complexities, contradictions, and …

What images has U.S. popular culture deployed in representing Asian societies and religious life? How might U.S. popular culture call for new critical engagements of Edward Said’s theories, as …