In art history, literature and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects of the Eastern world (or "Orient") by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world.
Orientalism is a 1978 book by Edward Said, in which he establishes the term "Orientalism" as a critical concept to describe the Western world's commonly contemptuous depiction and portrayal of the Eastern world—that is, the Orient. Societies and peoples of the Orient are those who inhabit regions throughout Asia and North Africa.
Orientalism by Edward Said is a discourse in which the Occident holds power over the Orient. It is through this power that the Occident can structure it how it wants to. [1] . It is an idea that the Eastern world and the Western world have opposite ways of …
2024年11月29日 · Orientalism, Western scholarly discipline of the 18th and 19th centuries that encompassed the study of the languages, literatures, religions, philosophies, histories, art, and laws of Asian societies, especially ancient ones.
Orientalism refers to the imitation or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers and artists, and can also refer to a sympathetic stance towards the region by a writer or other person.
2024年9月28日 · orientalism (countable and uncountable, plural orientalisms) (art, architecture, literature) The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East. An Eastern word, expression, or custom. and North African societies. Borrowed from French orientalisme. Equivalent to oriental + -ism.