{"product_id":"orientalism-and-reverse-orientalism-in-literature-and-film-9780367615246","title":"Orientalism and Reverse Orientalism in Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledging the significance of Edward Saidâs \u003ci\u003eOrientalism\u003c\/i\u003e for contemporary discourse, the contributors to this volume deconstruct, rearrange, and challenge elements of his thesis, looking at the new conditions and opportunities offered by globalization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat can a renewed or reconceptualized Orientalism teach us about the force and limits of our racial imaginary, specifically in relation to various national contexts? In what ways, for example, considering our greater cross-cultural interaction, have clichÃs and stereotypes undergone a metamorphosis in contemporary societies and cultures? Theoretically, and empirically, this book offers an expansive range of contexts, comprising the insights, analytical positions, and perspectives of a transnational team of scholars of comparative literature and literary and cultural studies based in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, USA, Singapore, Taiwan, and Turkey. Working with, through and beyond Orientalism, they examine a \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Resisting Orientalism; \u003cstrong\u003ePart I: (Neo)Imperial Desire and Re(pro)ductive Stereotypes\u003c\/strong\u003e;\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e2. Masquerade, Mise-en-Scène and Female Harem Desire in \u003ci\u003eAbdul the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e (1935); 3. Zen and the Art of Cultural Cliché: Three Cinematic Pilgrimages to Japan in the New Millennium; 4. \"Putting it My Way, but Nicely\": Neocolonialism in Feminist Clothing in Andy Tennant’s \u003ci\u003eAnna and the King \u003c\/i\u003e(1999) and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s \u003ci\u003eThe King and I \u003c\/i\u003e(1956); \u003cstrong\u003ePart II: East-West Travel and Cultural Translation\u003c\/strong\u003e;\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e5. Steinbeck’s \u003ci\u003eEast of Eden\u003c\/i\u003e: Progenitor of Chinese American Intertextual and Intercultural Encounters; 6. \"The Impossibility of Knowing\": Exoticism and East-West Intersections in the Travel Writings of Victor Segalen; 7. A Passage to the West: Globalization and the Refugee Crisis in Mohsin Hamid’s \u003cem\u003eExit West\u003c\/em\u003e; 8. \"Make the Best of Both Worlds\": Utopianism in Aldous Huxley’s \u003ci\u003eIsland\u003c\/i\u003e and D. T. Suzuki’s Social Thought; 9. Remote Translators: Translational Life Narrative in Edward Seidensticker and Donald Richie; \u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Re-Orienting National History and Glocalizing Contexts\u003c\/strong\u003e; 10. Rethinking Rural China: Zhang Yimou’s \u003ci\u003eRed Sorghum\u003c\/i\u003e and the Roots-Searching Movement in a Post-Cultural Revolution Context; 11. China’s Orient in \u003ci\u003eFan\u003c\/i\u003e de Siècle Culture; 12. Reorienting Sinophone America through \"Sinophone Orientalism\"; 13. Between Script and Genre: A Space Where East Meets West; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017977758039,"sku":"9780367615246","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367615246.jpg?v=1750775260","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/orientalism-and-reverse-orientalism-in-literature-and-film-9780367615246","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}