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Summary:

Edward Said's book Orientalism has been influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this interview he talks about the context in which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient."

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The repertory of orientalism
• Orientalism & empire
• American orientalism
• Orientalism today : the demonization of Islam in the news and popular culture
• Orientalism in action : the media and the Oklahoma City bomb
• Orientalism and the Palestinian question
• End credits.

Contributors:

Said, Edward W.

Jhally, Sut

Talreja, Sanjay

Media Education Foundation

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Orientalism [by Said, E.W.]

Subjects:

Said, Edward W. — Orientalism

Asia — Foreign public opinion, Western

Middle East — Foreign public opinion, Western

Asia — Study and teaching

Middle East — Study and teaching

Imperialism

East and West

Said, Edward W.

Orientalism (Said, Edward W.)

Study skills

Middle East

Asia

Genres:

Online media

Internet videos

General Notes:

Originally produced in VHS in 1998.
Streaming Media
Video On Demand
Digital format: Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Digital format: Electronic reproduction. Denton, Texas : UNT Media Library, 2008. Digitized and made available by UNT Media Library from video distributed by Media Education Foundation.
Gift: University of North Texas. Department of Anthropology, July 2009.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (40 min.)) : sound, color

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Video Characteristics:

VHS

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

ISBNs:

189352146X

OCLC Numbers:

1053074481