RHETOR 103B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Korean Painting, Edward Said
Document Summary
Oriental painting > systematic replication of one object, something unifying about their depiction. Painted for the most part by western travelers. How do we preserve and consider legacy of colonialism in our age when we entered decolonization (literary, textual, military remnants) Examines how the orient was constructed and continues to be through the. Orientalism - style of argument for dominating, constructing, and controlling. He locates orientalism in various forms (different countries) and shows how these are not politically innocent from 18th century on (26) us: traditional exoticism . Western imaginary invested in orientalism (site of peace, security, etc. ) Orientalism: representation of the orient (1-2) a way of coming to terms civilization and culture . Orientalism has a dependent relationship with the orient (and vice versa) Historical reasons (colonialism) for orient entering into the western imagination. Deepest and most recurring image of the other . Self needs an other to construct a self!
