orientalism

orientalism The 20th century scholar Edward Said in his controversial book Orientalism, uses the term to describe a pervasive Western tradition, both academic and artistic, of prejudiced outsider interpretations of the East, shaped by the attitudes of European imperialism in the 18th and 19th centuries. Said was critical of this scholarly tradition and also of certain modern scholars, particularly Bernard Lewis Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West… More information...