Orient

Arabian Nights and Days published in 1979, is a representation of his society that at the same time is very similar to any nation in the world. Similarly, Said asserts that Orientalism derives from the experience that Britain and France had in the Orient, but their interaction was always patronizing. Based on that, Said believed these biased perceptions hindered an accurate understanding of Middle Eastern and East Asian making their Arabian versions…

In this paper, I will explore the connection between the ideas of Stuart Hall, Uma Narayan and Edward Said. During discussion my classmates and I realized how the three writers discussed similar themes in their work and I thought it was quite interesting. The three writers talk about the Western media’s depiction of people who belong from different ethnic backgrounds. The reason I am interested in this topic is because it is prevalent even today since the media portrays such people in a…

their political and cultural hegemony over those living in the Orient, a region and people they themselves signified and created. “Indeed my real argument is that Orientalism is…a considerable dimension of modern political-intellectual culture, and as such has less to do with the Orient than it does with ‘our world’”(12). These epistemological and ontological constructions have been the pillars separating the European or West from the Orient or…

cultures to the East to reshape it: ‘’Orientalism can be discussed and analysed as the corporate institution for dealing with the Orient -dealing with it by making statements about it, authorizing views of it, describing it, by teaching it, settling it, ruling over it: in short. Orientalism as a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient.’’ (Said, 3) The West tries to eradicate the Western ideology completely. Arif Bachtiar Cancerio says the West does it by…

“The Senate and People of Rome” While the primary function of the eagle was symbolic (representing not only the legion, but the Roman empire as well). It served as a beacon for troops in battle, helping to orient them. In the chaos of battle, troops would often look for the standard to orient their actions, often following commands to not move further than a few steps from it. The standard would also be planted when the legions set up camp. It had a pointed metal end to accommodate the firm…

Hannah Arendt’s says, “the result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lies will now be accepted as truth, and the truth be defamed as lies, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world- and the category of truth vs. falsehood is among the mental means to this end- is being destroyed” (Arendt, 15). Her main point behind this quote is that we live in is a fake reality. The lies said behind the truth and the truth that is depicted…

The unfamiliarity of the “other” often leads to the creation of an enemy, with the Middle East being no exception. This enemy status has been habitually established through the implementation of stereotypes by the USA towards the Middle East in media and entertainment such as movies, television, and music. This enemy status created through stereotypes has been explored in academia such as Edward Said’s Orientalism, written in 1979. Beginning with Said’s Orientalism and continuing with the…

In this poem Kipling writes, “Freedom for ourselves and freedom for our sons/ And, failing freedom, war” (19-20). This, according to Said, unveils the real Orientalist’s (White Man’s) intention and shows that beyond his angelic-like mission “there is always the express willingness to use force, to kill and be killed” (Said 226). Orwell, in his first paragraph of his essay about Kipling, argues that no one should agree with Kipling’s ideology toward imperialism or even exonerate him as he is…

Lady Mary’s internal and external interactions with the orient can only be glimpsed through her surviving letters and portraits. One key means of cultural interaction and perhaps transgression is Montagu’s affection of Ottoman dress, her status permitting her to engage in a form of ethnomasquarade. In his book…

The entire Grounder culture takes aspects from real life cultures while also portraying them as savages. For example, tattoos are important to the Grounder culture, many characters have facial tattoos such as Emroi, introduced later but with a clear Maori tattoo. The Grounders are often portrayed with Tribal tattoos, clearly stolen from a variety of native cultures that use specific designs to create symbolic cultural meaning. Historically, Native people, with me concentrating on the Moari…