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Book SynopsisOrientalism, as explored by Edward Said in 1978, was a far more complex phenomenon than many suspected, being homogenous along the lines of neither culture nor time. This title provides a genealogy for the critique of orientalism by examining the divergence of the British and French colonial experiences.
Trade Review“This collection offers a heretofore unavailable genealogy of the global through the prism of orientalism. The result is both a primer for students, and a provocation to History—as a discipline and as an instrument of imperial power.”—Antoinette Burton, author of
Burdens of History and
Dwelling in the Archive“A terrific group of essays. And the introduction is magisterial.”—James Clifford, author
The Predicament of Culture and
Routes“This book responds critically to the influence of Said's Orientalism, assessing its achievements and limitations. It makes a valuable contribution to the debate on orientalism.”—Talal Asad, author of
Genealogies of Religion and
Formations of the Secular“These essays develop a remarkable perspective on Edward Said’s Orientalism, placing it in a long historical context of critiques of colonial representations, and deepening our understanding of the very meaning of modernity.”—Joan W. Scott, author of
The Politics of the Veil"
Genealogies of Orientalism remains an interesting and extremely valuable addition to the growing oeuvre of collections devoted to orientalism and its critical interrogation."—Michael S. Dodson,
Journal of World HistoryTable of ContentsIllustrations
Preface
Introduction: Genealogies of Orientalism
Edmund Burke III and David Prochaska
Part 1. History
1. Orientalist Empiricism: Transformations of Colonial Knowledge
David Ludden
2. The Command of Language and the Language of Command
Bernard S. Cohn
3. The Sociology of Islam: The French Tradition
Edmund Burke III
4. Scientific Production and Position in the Intellectual and Political Fields: The Cases of Augustin Berque and Joseph Desparmet
Fanny Colonna
Part 2. Culture
5. The "Passionate Nomad" Reconsidered: A European Woman in l'Algérie française (Isabelle Eberhardt, 18771904)
Julia Clancy-Smith
6. The Unspeakable Limits of Rape: Colonial Violence and Counterinsurgency
Jenny Sharpe
7. Telling Photos
David Prochaska
8. Ethnography and Exhibitionism at the Expositions Universelles
Zeynep Çelik and Leila Kinney
Part 3. Power
9. Orientalist Counterpoints and Postcolonial Politics: Caste, Community, and Culture in Tamil India
Nicholas B. Dirks
10. Taboo Memories and Diasporic Visions: Columbus, Palestine, and Arab-Jews
Ella Shohat
11. Chinese History and the Question of Orientalism
Arif Dirlik
12. Profiteering Women and Primitive Communists: Propriety and Scandal in Interwar Japanese Studies of Okinawa
Alan S. Christy
Source Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index
