space. Relying heavily on “Foucault’s work on the dynamics of discourse and power in the representation of social reality‚” Escobar compares his conception of development as a historically produced discourse to Edward Said’s groundbreaking work on “Orientalism.” The author proposes that “The West’s” inherently paternalistic and ethnocentric domain of thought and action‚ a discursive regime‚ should be defined by the interplay amongst its three axes: “the forms of knowledge that refer to it
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Critical Reflection Paper Q. What does Mullen mean by the “sound byte culture in which we live”? How does this affect our perception of the world around us? What are some examples of this from Little Buddha? If she is correct‚ why do we seem so accepting of these fictions? Critical reflection: Mullen’s article “Orientalist commercializations: Tibetan Buddhism in American Popular Film” reflects upon how Tibetan Buddhism has remained under the limelight of American media and film industry for some
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Julien Combes Natasha Rebry Writing 009 20th November 2011 “Shooting an Elephant“: Orwell’s combat against imperialism “Shooting an Elephant” is an essay written by George Orwell‚ first published in the journal New Writing in 1936. In this essay‚ the author tells his own story about when he was working as a police officer for the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. His five years of experience in the Indian Imperial Police allowed him to have a good understanding of what exactly the “real
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Hist 1020 Final Study Guide: Fall 2014 The test will consist of one essay questions (50 pts.) and 25 multiple choice (2 pts. Each) Jefferson’s theory on alliances *Primary causes of WWI 1) nationalism: Germany had just recently been united w/ astria-hungary left out. Italy was recently united as well (not in it’s present form though). 2) Secret alliances. Britian had an alliance w/ france about africa‚ and having their back if anyone tried to take their territory there & vice versa. Germany & russia
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give permission to the France and Britain to rule them in a mandatory status. And author explains the reason of this: the belief of these states can not rule themselves and they need some countries to help them. This is the exact example of the Orientalism. He mentions a similarity of the WW1 and WW2. Just as the WW1 loosend Ottoman Empire’s affectiveness over Arab provinces‚ the WW2 accelerated the end of Anglo-France domination on the Middle East and paved a way to proclamination of independences
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Hollywood is the most popular form of cinema and filmmaking; it is the first one that comes to mind when people think of cinema today. But‚ the world is not limited to just the American and Hollywood perspective as other countries make their own films even compete against the familiar style. Transnational films break through both ‘national’ and ‘international’ forms and can be taken on a global and local scale. Though‚ it does not limit media to one country‚ but works across many national cultures
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The education system in Saudi Arabia Education in Saudi Arabia is segregated by sex and divided into three separately administered systems: general education for boys‚ education for girls and traditional Islamic education (for boys). The Ministry of Education‚ established in 1952‚ presides over general education for boys‚ and education for girls comes under the jurisdiction of the General Presidency for Girls’ Education. Both sexes follow the same curriculum and take the same annual examinations
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depression. The "East" referred to by Pope could be referring to the same reference made in the previous Canto’s‚ as the eastern world‚ a place of which is interesting and intriguing. Therefore‚ Pope is presenting the early eighteenth century "orientalism" as a dreadful terror. However‚ there is also a suggestion that he is referring more locally to the stench of humanity in East London blown towards the west from the trade areas. Pope also presents a socio-geographic point in the presentation of
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Orientalism: Edward W. Said‚ post-collonail studies / Odalisque: exotic‚ erotic subjects like the harem girl(turkish word); redining or recumbent‚female nude; recurrent figure throuhout Western Art/ Die Bruke-The Bridge: 1905-ernst cuding kirchner (dissolved in 1913); earlliest German group to seize the avant-garde spirit; means “bridge”-members believed their work would be a bridge to the future; artists lived and worked communally producing intense‚ anguished pictures with harshly distorted forms
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American Popular Culture as an Instrument of Racial Oppression The cultural images produced by the media serve to further oppress racialized groups in America and form national psyches which allow America’s institutionalized racism to prosper. Images proposed by the media and popular culture have made claims about all different racialized groups in America. The media has been instrumental in perpetuating ideas about the black male perp‚ the black male buffoon‚ all black Americans since the days
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