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Kofod wrote:
BloomCissi wrote:
Yeah, well, it's mostly the use of the term "oriental" that rubs me the wrong way. If it had been like "Chinese", "Japanese" or "Indian" or something, it wouldn't have been a problem.
It's mostly because of this:
"Since the publication of Edward Said's Orientalism in 1978, much academic discourse has begun to use the term "Orientalism" to refer to a general patronizing Western attitude towards Middle Eastern, Asian, and North African societies. In Said's analysis, the West essentializes these societies as static and undeveloped—thereby fabricating a view of Oriental culture that can be studied, depicted, and reproduced. Implicit in this fabrication, writes Said, is the idea that Western society is developed, rational, flexible, and superior."
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Atencia wrote:
No worries, and yes I can see what you mean with that. Which is part of the reason I have no idea what to write, cause I don't wanna say / do anything wrong.
Oh, well, you should definitely play more then! (Can you even play though? I mean, since you now have to pay in order to create a new user.)BloomCissi wrote:
Yeah, I play it quite a lot in periods. Right now is one of those periods. Am I??
Not to be that person, but today's theme is, what should I say, questionable.
Nice! Yes, you are really good at it, at least from my perspective, heheYeah, I play it quite a lot in periods. Right now is one of those periods. Am I??
Not to be that person, but today's theme is, what should I say, questionable.
No worries, and yes I can see what you mean with that. Which is part of the reason I have no idea what to write, cause I don't wanna say / do anything wrong.
Yeah, well, it's mostly the use of the term "oriental" that rubs me the wrong way. If it had been like "Chinese", "Japanese" or "Indian" or something, it wouldn't have been a problem.
It's mostly because of this:
"Since the publication of Edward Said's Orientalism in 1978, much academic discourse has begun to use the term "Orientalism" to refer to a general patronizing Western attitude towards Middle Eastern, Asian, and North African societies. In Said's analysis, the West essentializes these societies as static and undeveloped—thereby fabricating a view of Oriental culture that can be studied, depicted, and reproduced. Implicit in this fabrication, writes Said, is the idea that Western society is developed, rational, flexible, and superior."
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