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Occidentalism: Images of the West

By James G. Carrier

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1995
ISBN
0198279795, 9780198279792
LCC
E184.A1 O23 1995
Open Library ID
OL1122512M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (22063961 bytes)
Pages
288\288
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This work is an investigation of images of Western cultural identity. Said's Orientalism revolutionized Western understanding of non-Western cultures by showing how Western images shaped the Occidental view of the Orient, but those who follow Said have not until now reflected that understanding back onto Western societies. This volume shows how images of the West shape people's conceptions of themselves and others, and how these images are in turn shaped by members of Western and non-Western societies alike. The contributors describe and explicate these images from a variety of areas, from Western academic writing to popular culture, from societies within and outside the West, to show how power and conflict shape such conceptions. It will be of great interest to scholars of anthropology and sociology, cultural studies, and human geography.

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