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Orientalism

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Orientalism Summary
3,953 words, approx. 13 pages
ORIENTALISM. Once associated with the exotic "Eastern" themes and styles of Eugene Delacroix's, James McNeill Whistler's, and John Singer Sargent's paintings; Victor Hugo's Les Orientales; and Gustave...
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Orientalism Summary
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Orientalism refers to two intellectual trends in the West: the appearance or deliberate cultivation in literature and art of stylistic and aesthetic traits reminiscent of Asian cultures, which began in eighteenth-century Europe; and, in the eighteenth...
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Orientalism Information
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Orientalism is the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, and peoples by Western scholars. It can also refer to the imitation or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers and artists. In the...


News and Journals
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ArcelorMittal in China Oriental talks
11/23/2007: 327 words, approx. 1 pages
ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steel company, said it was in talks with China Oriental Group Ltd. about increasing its stake in the Chinese steel products maker.ArcelorMittal bought a 28 percent stake in China Oriental for $647 million earlier this month.The Luxembourg-based steelmaker said in a...
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ArcelorMittal to bid for China Oriental
12/7/2007: 550 words, approx. 2 pages
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, said Friday it will offer at least $1.65 billion for the remaining shares in China Oriental Group Co. that it does not own after a ruling by Hong Kong's securities regulator.But an analyst said Beijing was unlikely to give its...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Eric Meyer
18,175 words, approx. 61 pages
In the following essay, Meyer discusses how the recurring theme of overpowered Eastern women in Romantic Orientalist texts reflects cultural, political, and ideological struggles between East and West in the nineteenth century.
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Critical Essay by Edward W. Said
17,072 words, approx. 57 pages
In the following excerpt, Said explores the treatment of Oriental culture in the West, contending that the limitations of Orientalism stem from disregarding, essentializing, and denuding another culture, people, or geographical region.
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Critical Essay by Javed Majeed
16,195 words, approx. 54 pages
In the following excerpt, Majeed explores Robert Southey's two Oriental romances, Thalaba the Destroyer and The Curse of Kehama, in terms of his attempt to discern historical patterns.
 


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