Both Zarqa Nawaz and Sarah Macdonald represent non-western religions within western popular culture formats (a television sitcom and a travelogue). You are to write an essay comparing and contrasting these two representations and consider how they address, resist, combat or reproduce orientalism.
The portrayal of orient as distinct from the oxidant is evident in both the representations. Both the representations, i.e. the travelogue and television sitcom are creation of oxidants (Zarqa Nawaz and MacDonalds both have been born and bred in Canada), or west and mainly zeroes in on portrayal of Eastern values within Western popular culture.
Both representations discuss a number of issues while emphasizing on how the orient and oxidants behave. …show more content…
Babur considers women wearing jeans in the mosque unethical while the imam (Amaar) is quite flexible and perplexed due to Babur’s demand. Babur’s character portrays the pure conservative Muslim, fighting over a petty issue in a foreign land.
Babur’s foolishness, stereotypical adherence to Muslim believes and his eagerness represents the White man’s or oxidant’s view of orient. Babur’s character addresses orientalism in a typical manner as orients are supposed to be …show more content…
The introductory chapter of travelogue addresses India as a pathetic place, not essentially English but trying it’s hard to be English while failing miserably at it too.
Donald quotes a meeting with her landlord, a retired army general, addressing to his manners being ‘more British than the British itself’(MacDonald 2004, 30). This reference clearly highlights that author have a fixated notion of what or who British are. Even more so, this highlights that there is a certain set of qualities which the British possess and which are so superior that a) people find them imitable and b) they are impressed by this set of qualities.
If we take a look at the distinction between orient and oxidant, it is only this set of traits which is uncommon between the two binaries. This should be noted that the set of traits assigned to each binary is biased because it has been done by the people in power i.e. the oxidants.
Orientalism, as defined by Edward Said is a construct of the Oxidant, put in place to assert the White supremacy over
The portrayal of orient as distinct from the oxidant is evident in both the representations. Both the representations, i.e. the travelogue and television sitcom are creation of oxidants (Zarqa Nawaz and MacDonalds both have been born and bred in Canada), or west and mainly zeroes in on portrayal of Eastern values within Western popular culture.
Both representations discuss a number of issues while emphasizing on how the orient and oxidants behave. …show more content…
Babur considers women wearing jeans in the mosque unethical while the imam (Amaar) is quite flexible and perplexed due to Babur’s demand. Babur’s character portrays the pure conservative Muslim, fighting over a petty issue in a foreign land.
Babur’s foolishness, stereotypical adherence to Muslim believes and his eagerness represents the White man’s or oxidant’s view of orient. Babur’s character addresses orientalism in a typical manner as orients are supposed to be …show more content…
The introductory chapter of travelogue addresses India as a pathetic place, not essentially English but trying it’s hard to be English while failing miserably at it too.
Donald quotes a meeting with her landlord, a retired army general, addressing to his manners being ‘more British than the British itself’(MacDonald 2004, 30). This reference clearly highlights that author have a fixated notion of what or who British are. Even more so, this highlights that there is a certain set of qualities which the British possess and which are so superior that a) people find them imitable and b) they are impressed by this set of qualities.
If we take a look at the distinction between orient and oxidant, it is only this set of traits which is uncommon between the two binaries. This should be noted that the set of traits assigned to each binary is biased because it has been done by the people in power i.e. the oxidants.
Orientalism, as defined by Edward Said is a construct of the Oxidant, put in place to assert the White supremacy over