If Moore's orientalism is a vehicle or disguise with which to express "homefelt" sentiments on religious tolerance, then what is gained and what is lost in such a cloaking?. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Odalisques and Other Seductive Figures: Thomas Moore] Reference
To compensate, Moore covers the surfaces of his poem with details, to create the illusion of a depth that is impossible by definition in orientalism. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Odalisques and Other Seductive Figures: Thomas Moore] Reference
He did, however, make a strong case that the whole theory of "orientalism". From Wordnik.com. [A Combatant in the Battle of Ideas] Reference
This was a controversial notion then and is even more so in our post - "9/11" world, when eurocentrism and "orientalism" have become academic bugbears. From Wordnik.com. [A Battle of Long-Running Interest] Reference
A specimen of this 'orientalism' we gave in our last number. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5] Reference
What you talk about, in the Western context, is "orientalism", the culture of essentialising civilizations east of Visegrad. From Wordnik.com. [Russia Blog] Reference
This was a controversial notion then and is even more so in our post-"9/11" world, when eurocentrism and "orientalism" have become academic bugbears. From Wordnik.com. [WSJ.com: Law Blog] Reference
Someone called Edward said complained about 'orientalism' and said was racism or something similar. From Wordnik.com. [Unhinder us!] Reference
"the pro-Arab "orientalism" of the late Palestinian-born Columbia University scholar Edward W. Said". From Wordnik.com. [Wednesday, November 30, 2005] Reference
Hemans is here operating within the mode of modern orientalism. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on 'The Ruins of Empire: Nationalism, Art, and Empire in Hemans's Modern Greece'] Reference
Whedon and orientalism « fuzzytheory 11:52 pm on April 17, 2009 | # | Reply. From Wordnik.com. [CASTING THE LAST AIRBENDER » Sociological Images] Reference
The east conjures up shades of orientalism but St Petersburg is a very European city. From Wordnik.com. [Donna Anna] Reference
Read Edward Said to understand his theory of “orientalism,” a major left-winger meme. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » N.Y. Times on “The Invention of the Jewish People”] Reference
The next instant she was swerving to avoid an orientalism, which would have made it too unworldly. From Wordnik.com. [Orthodoxy] Reference
I don't even think there was enough attention paid to the culture to create a sense of orientalism. From Wordnik.com. [Review: Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World] Reference
His research examines the relationship between aesthetic theory and orientalism in the nineteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [About This Volume] Reference
Why not rid yourself of all the romanticised claptrap of orientalism and see it for what it was --- slavery. From Wordnik.com. [In the harem] Reference
Her father-inlaw, who had really made some study of orientalism, lifted his eyebrow over these new acquaintances. From Wordnik.com. [Swan Song] Reference
So the alternative to cud chewing is the Iron Bull of suchness (forgive the orientalism, but the shoe fit so wonderfully). From Wordnik.com. [Intelligence is surrender to the ordinary] Reference
It is unlike any other; yet underneath lies the original tinge of orientalism, the wailing semitones of all barbaric music. From Wordnik.com. [Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers] Reference
Under cover, as it were, the culture wars continue: we fight feminism anew, and throw in a little orientalism for good measure. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
One would think that the way to obtain patronage of a person would be to praise him, but this would be considered an orientalism. From Wordnik.com. [As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home] Reference
Charlotte becomes ensnared in a case involving a revenge plot orchestrated by an arch villain shaded with old school orientalism. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
Phonaesthetically, /zh/ is exotic and foreign-sounding e.g. 'azure', 'pleasure', 'Taj Mahal', 'Hajj'--sounds like orientalism to me. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: BEIZHING.] Reference
Judging from the conclusion (I couldn't access NBER) this paper suffers from what the late Edward Said would have called "orientalism.". From Wordnik.com. [Juntas vs. Open Societies, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Said explains that this paradigm is contrary to classical orientalism, which figures the East as exotic, essentially different from the. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on 'The Ruins of Empire: Nationalism, Art, and Empire in Hemans's Modern Greece'] Reference
Liberal racism was never more apparent than in this unacknowledged orientalism: those people need "us" to show them how to be civilized. From Wordnik.com. [Stan Goff: Getting Off the Road] Reference
On the other hand, it would be interesting if this was something more than overzealous BBC orientalism, and the gate really was called the Moroccan — anyone know the story?. From Wordnik.com. [Moroccan Gate Collapsing | Jewschool] Reference
There is a suggestion of affluent orientalism that attracts strongly. From Wordnik.com. [Floyd Grandon's Honor] Reference
He struck his hands together, a bit of orientalism he had brought back with him. From Wordnik.com. [The Place of Honeymoons] Reference
Tolstoy, in fact, betrayed a touch of orientalism in his attitude towards women. From Wordnik.com. [The Forged Coupon] Reference
Thus, his plan embodied the spirit of caste, of orientalism, and of the India House. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Tasmania , Volume II] Reference
By association of ideas with the orientalism of Sultana he was called by the girls the Bashibazook. From Wordnik.com. [This Freedom] Reference
One of his best books, by the way, is about music, although orientalism will always be on the set-book list. From Wordnik.com. [Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines] Reference
Their perspective is rude and crazy, but it is perspective; it is not the decorative flatness of orientalism. From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of England] Reference
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