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100 1 $aVarisco, Daniel Martin.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86852616
245 10 $aReading Orientalism :$bSaid and the unsaid /$cDaniel Martin Varisco.
260 $aSeattle :$bUniversity of Washington Press,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $axvi, 501 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aPublications on the Near East
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 423-488) and index.
505 00 $tOrienting Orientalism --$gI.$t"One That Cannot Now Be Rewritten" --$gII.$tDefin[ess]ing Orientalism --$gIII.$tVerbalizing an Orient --$gIV.$tThe Growth (Benign, Cancerous, or Otherwise) of Orientalism --$tThe Said and the Unsaid in Said's Magnum Opus Orientale --$gI.$tDissing Orientalism: All That Said Has Done --$gII.$tDrawing the Fault Lines --$gIII.$tSelf-Critique More Than Mere Image --$gIV.$tA Novel Argument out of Blurred Genres --$tThe Seductive Charms of and Against Orientalism --$gI.$tPresenting and Representing Orientalism --$gII.$tThe Essential[ism] Problem --$gIII.$tWhat Is Said (but True?) About Said --$gIV.$tBeyond the Binary.
520 1 $a"The late Edward Said remains one of the most influential critics and public intellectuals of our time, with lasting contributions to many disciplines. Much of his reputation derives from the phenomenal multidisciplinary influence of his 1978 book Orientalism. Said's seminal polemic analyzes novels, travelogues, and academic texts to argue that a dominant discourse of West over East has warped virtually all past European and American representation of the Near East. But despite the book's wide acclaim, no systematic critical survey of the rhetoric in Said's representation of Orientalism and the resulting impact on intellectual culture has appeared until today." "Drawing on the discussion of Said's work in more than 600 bibliographic entries, Daniel Martin Varisco has written an intellectual history of the debates that Said's work has sparked in several disciplines, highlighting in particular its reception among Arab and European scholars. While pointing out Said's tendency to essentialize and privilege certain texts at the expense of those that do not comfortably fit his theoretical framework, Varisco analyzes the commentary the book has engendered in Oriental studies, literary and cultural studies, feminist scholarship, history, political science, and anthropology. He employs "critical satire" to parody the exaggerated and pedantic aspects of post-colonial discourse, including Said's underappreciation of the role of irony and reform in many of the texts he cites. The end result is a companion volume to Orientalism and the vast research it inspired. Rather than contribute to dueling essentialisms, Varisco provides a path to move beyond the binary of East versus West and the polemics of blame." "Reading Orientalism is the most comprehensive survey of Said's writing and thinking to date. It will be of interest to scholars of Middle East studies, anthropology, history, cultural studies, post-colonial studies, and literary studies."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aOrientalism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99010610
600 10 $aSaid, Edward W.$tOrientalism.
651 0 $aAsia$xStudy and teaching.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008624
651 0 $aMiddle East$xStudy and teaching.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090514
650 0 $aEast and West.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040522
830 0 $aPublications on the Near East, University of Washington.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84749451
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007013795.html
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