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Edward Said
Edward Wadie Saïd (pronounced /'edwərd wædiːʕ sæʕiːd/ Arabic: إدوارد وديع سعيد, Idwārd Wadīʿ Saʿīd; 1 November 1935 – 25 September 2003) was a Palestinian American literary theorist, cultural critic, and advocate for Palestinian rights. He was University Professor of English and Comparative...
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Filter this CollectionOrientalism
Orientalism is the 1978 book by Edward Said that has been highly influential in postcolonial studies.
In the book, Said says that orientalism, especially the academic study of, and discourse, political and literary, about the Arabs, Islam, and the...
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Culture and Imperialism
Culture and Imperialism is the 1993 sequel to Edward Said's highly influential book Orientalism from 1978.
In a series of essays, Said argues the impact of mainstream culture (mainly British writers from the 19th and early 20th century, like Jane...