Intercultural Masquerade: New Orientalism, New Occidentalism, Old Exoticism (encounters Between East And West)
by Fred Dervin /
2015 / English / PDF
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This volume revisits the notions of Orientalism, Occidentalism
and, to a certain extent, Reverse Orientalism/Occidentalism in
the 21st century, adopting post-modern, constructionist and
potentially non-essentialising approaches. The representations of
the ‘cultural Other’ in education, literature and the arts are
examined by scholars working in Australia, France, Hong Kong,
Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the USA.
This volume revisits the notions of Orientalism, Occidentalism
and, to a certain extent, Reverse Orientalism/Occidentalism in
the 21st century, adopting post-modern, constructionist and
potentially non-essentialising approaches. The representations of
the ‘cultural Other’ in education, literature and the arts are
examined by scholars working in Australia, France, Hong Kong,
Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the USA.
Vinyl compilations, TV series, novels, institutional discourses
and surveys, amongst others, are examined so as to better
understand how people construct their identity in relation to an
imagined and idealised Other.
Vinyl compilations, TV series, novels, institutional discourses
and surveys, amongst others, are examined so as to better
understand how people construct their identity in relation to an
imagined and idealised Other.
This book will appeal to all researchers and students interested
in cultural identity and stereotypes of the ‘East’ and the
‘West’, in particular in the fields of academic mobility,
cultural studies, intercultural education, postcolonial
literature and media studies.
This book will appeal to all researchers and students interested
in cultural identity and stereotypes of the ‘East’ and the
‘West’, in particular in the fields of academic mobility,
cultural studies, intercultural education, postcolonial
literature and media studies.