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The Dialectics of Orientalism in Early Modern Europe / Marcus Keller, Javier Irigoyen-García, editors.
The dialectics of Orientalism in early modern Europe Marcus Keller, Javier Irigoyen-Garc�ia, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orientalism--Europe.
- Orientalism.
- East and West.
- Asia--Foreign public opinion, Western.
- Asia.
- Public opinion, Western.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
- Summary:
- Uniting twelve original studies by scholars of early modern history, literature, and the arts, this collection is the first that foregrounds the dialectical quality of early modern Orientalism by taking a broad interdisciplinary perspective. Dialectics of Orientalism demonstrates how texts and images of the sixteenth and seventeenth century from across Europe and the New World are better understood as part of a dynamic and transformative orientalist discourse rather than a manifestation of the supposed dichotomy between the 'East' and the 'West.' The volume's central claim is that early modern orientalist discourses are fundamentally open, self-critical, and creative. Analyzing a varied corpus--from German and Dutch travelogues to Spanish humanist treaties, French essays, Flemish paintings, and English diaries--this collection thus breathes fresh air into the critique of Orientalism and provides productive new perspectives for the study of east-west and indeed globalized exchanges in the early modern world. -- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1137462353
- 9781137462350
- OCLC:
- 934193831
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