Orientalism

Disney’s magic carpet ride: Aladdin and women in Islam is about how the Disney version of Aladdin portrays the women and men in Islam. I agree on a lot of the points in this article and disagree with only a few. This article talks mainly about how Disney could have done a better job with portraying Islam culture. The author of this article Christiane Staninger uses a lot of other authors from different papers to back up certain arguments that are being made about this Disney movie, and this…

The ethical traditions of the east vary vastly from those in the west. The main difference is that Western ethics are centered around finding truth, whereas Eastern ethics is relative to the portrayal of respect. It can be inferred that ethics cannot be given in the human mind, however, rather that they take place in the teachings of the parents. In the West, the focus is placed on law and justice, while within the Eastern culture, the focus is placed on the universe. However, it is that both…

Michael Parenti, The Face of Imperialism, 2011 Michael Parenti received his Ph. D. from Yale university. He is an internationally known award-winning author, scholar, and lecturer who addresses a wide variety of political and cultural subjects. He now serves on the advisory boards of Independent Progressive Politics, Education Without Borders, and the Jasenovic Foundation. He has currently written 23 books with topics on theocracy and other religious sins, democracy and economic power,…

with their views on Orientalism, even going so far as to “[accuse] Said of perpetuating the same Eastern stereotypes for which he has faulted the Western imperialist” (“Edward W. Said” 336). Others simply focused on the imperfections in his arguments, stating that they were weak or could have had more impact (336). In his review of Orientalism in 1980, Malcolm H. Kerr states that “Edward Said, a literary critic loaded with talent, has certainly made a splash [with Orientalism], but with this…

The theory was used by researchers to interpret the events of post-9/11 era. Applying the Orientalism theory, Nayak (2006) argues that the ‘Self’/’Other’ dialectic is due to the fear of ‘Self’ from ‘Others’ and also the desperate need of ‘Self’ US to a coded Islamic fundamentalism of threatening ‘Others’. There is also a correlation between the Orientalism aspect of ‘Self’ or ‘West’ as a nation and the theory of ‘Imagined communities’, proposed by Anderson (1996). According to Anderson, nations…

questions about existence, identity, and the structure of everyday life. Orientalism is a concept that relies entirely on the idea of the “other”, aimed toward Middle Eastern, South Asian, and East Asian people in particular, and it is through the use of this concept that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein portrays its antagonists (“What is Orientalism?”). This paper will analyze the idea of the “other” and the integration of Orientalism within Frankenstein, particularly in regards to characters such…

beginning the relationship between Olivia and an Indian prince, the Nawab in the light of Orientals. This paper will give a post- colonial reading of the elements of Heat and Dust through Orientalism.…

In analyzing The Man Who Would Be King orientalism is depicted as being quite the opposite of what the western culture sees it to be throughout the film. Orientalism is the point of view that the western man has on the eastern culture. Huston’s attempt to treat the differences between western and eastern cultures are present by the presentence of two ex-British officers, Peachy Carnehan and Daniel Dravot. In the western culture, people are characterized as masculine, democratic, and logical to…

Victoria Ferrell Ms. Rowe IB English 13 February 2016 Orientalism Hidden Within Aladdin While viewing the Disney movie Aladdin keeping Edward Said’s Orientalism in mind, the major stereotypes of the eastern people throughout the film become very apparent. Disney, which comes from western culture, generalizes the middle eastern population by showing a stereotype and exaggerating the oriental way of life, their culture, and their appearance. Upon first glance an unsuspecting audience may not…

Al-Azm provides a remarkably nuanced analysis of Orientalism as described by Edward Said, while expanding further and developing new concepts as an extension of Said's thesis. While he clearly does not dispute the core theories which underline Said's criticism of the Orientalist tradition, he goes further to criticize some of the biases present in Said's writings. Additionally, by extrapolating the theory to new contexts in the Middle East itself, he excellently expresses the pervasiveness of…