Tag: Orientalism

• Orientalism

  Orientalism as a theory and academic discourse was first established in Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978). Many credit Said with the founding of postcolonialism with this text. Said gives three definitions for orientalism based on the Orient being the East and the Occident being the West (the U.S., Britain, and France): Academic definition meaning “one who…

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  April 15, 2022

  Scholarship

  Arab, Coca-Cola, Disney, Edward Said, Esther Zuckerman, Frank Langfitt, Kim Kardashian, Kimono, Mulan, Muslim, Orientalism, Post 9/11

• Orientalism in Dune (1965)

  Prolific American science fiction writer Frank Herbert often escorted his readers on journeys throughout fantastical lands in outer space. Arguably his most popular novel, Dune, is no exception to this and provides its readers with the tale of a young man, Paul Atreides, and his journey following his family’s new role as conservator over the…

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  April 7, 2022

  Literature

  appropriation, Arabic, Arrakis, CoronaJihad, Covid-19, Dune, Edward Said, Frank Herbert, Islam, Islamophobia, Middle Eastern, Muslim, Orientalism, Paul Atreides, scifi, TIME