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Imperial Fictions: Europe's Myths of Orient

By: Publication details: London; Saqi Publishers, 2009.Description: Paperback, 256 PagesISBN:
  • 9780863566714
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.55
Summary: Rana Kabbani unravels Western fantasies and myths about the East which were woven over the ages. Devised during the Crusades to combat Islam, then confirmed by centuries of Western writers and artists, these myths fostered racial and sexual stereotypes that became vital to imperial designs. In Orientalist travelogues and paintings, the British and the French conceived of an erotic and sinister East, one that they believed to be morally inferior and dangerous, and therefore ripe for colonisation. Such perceptions remain very much apparent today, fuelling the tension between East and West. Imperial Fictions, now a classic, is an erudite analysis of Europe's fabricated Orient, as expressed in its writings and illustrated in its paintings. In Imperial Fictions, Rana Kabbani unravels the erotic fantasies and myths that the West has developed about the East over the ages.
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Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi History 940.55 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLL003416
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore History Available PKLL001697
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Rana Kabbani unravels Western fantasies and myths about the East which were woven over the ages. Devised during the Crusades to combat Islam, then confirmed by centuries of Western writers and artists, these myths fostered racial and sexual stereotypes that became vital to imperial designs. In Orientalist travelogues and paintings, the British and the French conceived of an erotic and sinister East, one that they believed to be morally inferior and dangerous, and therefore ripe for colonisation. Such perceptions remain very much apparent today, fuelling the tension between East and West. Imperial Fictions, now a classic, is an erudite analysis of Europe's fabricated Orient, as expressed in its writings and illustrated in its paintings. In Imperial Fictions, Rana Kabbani unravels the erotic fantasies and myths that the West has developed about the East over the ages.

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