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What is Orientalism

Chapter 8
Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
The way the Occident imagines Asia, especially the Middle East, in a mysterious but ultimately inferior to the West. This attitude is rooted in the colonialist era and continues to shape the West’s socio-cultural and economic policies toward the non-Western continents, one that often exploits their natural and human resources.
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Engendering Orientalism: Fatih Akin's Head-On and The Edge of Heaven
Filiz Cicek (Indiana University Purdue University Columbus, USA)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7180-4.ch008
Abstract
This study explores the elements of Orientalism in German-Turkish director Fatih Akin's films Head-On (2004) and The Edge of Heaven (2007). Utilizing Homi Bhabha's theory of “third spaces,” which immigrants often inhabit, and Edward Said's lens of the postcolonial gaze, I analyze the degree to which the bodies of immigrants willingly embody the mysterious “oriental,” and how and when it is projected upon male and female characters in these two films. Akin's characters dwell between a perceived and imaginary Occident and Orient, while living and traveling in the soil of both Germany and Turkey.
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Exploring U.S. Citizens' Perceptions of Foreign Media's Representations of America: A Systematic Review
A point of view which tends to imagine, emphasize, exaggerate, and distort Arab cultures, civilizations, and peoples vis-à-vis those of other continent (particularly the West).
Published in Chapter: Exploring U.S. Citizens' Perceptions of Foreign Media's Representations of America: A Systematic Review; From: Popular Representations of America in Non-American Media
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Orientalism in Turkish Political Election Campaigns
An academic discipline that exploring the East as well as a disinformative approach to the East.
Published in Chapter: Orientalism in Turkish Political Election Campaigns; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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French Orientalism Representations of Ottoman in Caricatures in Le Petit Journal
A particular way of perceiving the Orient. The term is tied to the way in which the colonial West discovered, understood, represented, and subjugated the East as the ‘other’. In the academic circles, orientalism is not an abstract term to be studied but encompasses centuries-long practices of domination of the other.
Published in Chapter: French Orientalism Representations of Ottoman in Caricatures in Le Petit Journal; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Virtual Orientalism/Imagined Dualism (VO/ID) Expansion: Examining the Mechanisms Behind the Objectification of Zen as an Aesthetic Style
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Orientalist Representations of Antakya (Antioch-on-the-Orontes) in Digital Media Narrations
It is the explanatory term which is coined by dedicated literature scholar and critique Edward Said who adapted Michel Foucault’s discourses. Orientalism explains how European and North American (US & Canada) sees the Middle Eastern culture and how “West” tries to construct “East” with superior attitude using literature, arts, media, etc.
Published in Chapter: Orientalist Representations of Antakya (Antioch-on-the-Orontes) in Digital Media Narrations; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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A Comparative Study Oriented Tourism Advertisements in Turkey: The Internality of the Oriental-Self
It is a critical theory, which is reconsidered by E. Said and which describes the way the West represents the East.
Published in Chapter: A Comparative Study Oriented Tourism Advertisements in Turkey: The Internality of the Oriental-Self; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Chapter 23
Post-Orientalist Comments by Contemporary Women Photographers
'Orient' etymologically means 'east, orient'. Its origin is based on the word 'oriens' (sunrise). According to Western societies, languages, cultures, histories, geographies etc. of Eastern societies. It covers researches about.
Published in Chapter: Post-Orientalist Comments by Contemporary Women Photographers; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Projection of Orientalist Elements: White Man's Burden
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The Creation of Sustainable Orientalism in Cinema
Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world, usually done by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world.
Published in Chapter: The Creation of Sustainable Orientalism in Cinema; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Women's Images in Turkish Cinema in the Context of Orientalism: The Samples of Tight Dress
Orientalism is the term that applied to express east-west relations and interactions from past to present. As Edward Said specify it, orientalism is the prejudiced definition, imagination, and thoughts that the Western world has established about the Eastern world by putting itself in the center.
Published in Chapter: Women's Images in Turkish Cinema in the Context of Orientalism: The Samples of Tight Dress; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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The Demonization of Islam in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema
It is a way of seeing that define, picturize, and distort non-Western cultures and worlds.
Published in Chapter: The Demonization of Islam in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema; From: International Perspectives on Rethinking Evil in Film and Television
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Reflection of Orientalist Discourse on Netflix Turkey: The Protector
West collecting the meanings, images and values it produced in economic, social and cultural terms for the East under a single frame. It is regarded as an academic discipline.
Published in Chapter: Reflection of Orientalist Discourse on Netflix Turkey: The Protector; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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“White” Korean Music: How a Thesis Rendered Centuries of Culture Invisible
The belief that intellectual and cultural dominance is held only by those in the colonial West, and that those in the “orient,” typically referring to people in the Middle East and Asia, are culturally and intellectually inferior.
Published in Chapter: “White” Korean Music: How a Thesis Rendered Centuries of Culture Invisible; From: Music and Engagement in the Asian Political Space
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Digital Games and Orientalism: A Look at Arab and Muslim Representation in Popular Digital Games
Orientalism is the name given to all the Western-based research areas in which Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies, cultures, languages, and peoples are examined.
Published in Chapter: Digital Games and Orientalism: A Look at Arab and Muslim Representation in Popular Digital Games; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Otherization of Oriental Woman in Cinema
It is a critical theory, which is reconsidered by E. Said and which describes the way the West represents the East.
Published in Chapter: Otherization of Oriental Woman in Cinema; From: International Perspectives on Feminism and Sexism in the Film Industry
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Orientalist Approaches in Advertising: Sample Advertising With Nike's “What Will They Say About You?” Slogan
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Chapter 50
Analysis of Poster Designs of Turkish TV Series on Ottoman History: Resurrection Ertugrul and Magnificent Century Examples
Edward Said's concept includes the aim of dominating the East. It is a system of thought based on the definition of the traditions and rules of the East from their own framework by the Western government, intellectuals, and interpretation through marginalization.
Published in Chapter: Analysis of Poster Designs of Turkish TV Series on Ottoman History: Resurrection Ertugrul and Magnificent Century Examples; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Searching for the East in the Shadow of the West: Layla M as the Portrait of an Oriental Woman in Modern Orientalist Discourse
Images of the east and orientals in the eyes of westerners. The positioning the east as the other for the West to define itself.
Published in Chapter: Searching for the East in the Shadow of the West: Layla M as the Portrait of an Oriental Woman in Modern Orientalist Discourse; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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The Otherization of Turkey in the Orientalist Discourse: Turkey and Orientalism
It is mainly seen as all of the western-based and western-centered research areas where all Eastern societies and cultures, languages and peoples are examined within the studies, named as Orientalism and Oriental Studies. However, some orientalists, such as Edward Said define the orientalism in the field of a study area of people who are excluded by the Westerners, regarded as the “other” and thrown into the background in each environment with prejudice and hostile eyes.
Published in Chapter: The Otherization of Turkey in the Orientalist Discourse: Turkey and Orientalism; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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From Theory to Discussion Orientalism and History From Past to Present
Orientalism, as a way of thinking and an area of expertise, is a term expressing the varying historical and cultural relationship between Europe and Asia, specializing in the study of Eastern cultures and traditions.
Published in Chapter: From Theory to Discussion Orientalism and History From Past to Present; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Reflections of Orientalism and Modernism in the Film Hamam by Ferzan Özpetek
Western scholarly discipline of the 18th and 19th centuries that encompassed the study of the languages, literatures, religions, philosophies, histories, art, and laws of Asian societies, especially ancient ones.
Published in Chapter: Reflections of Orientalism and Modernism in the Film Hamam by Ferzan Özpetek; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Chapter 11
Hate Speech or Hate Shot?: Finding Patterns of the Anti-Muslim Narratives in Italy
The study, interpretation and depiction of aspects in Eastern cultures, usually done by western scholars and intellectuals from a dominant and biased perspective.
Published in Chapter: Hate Speech or Hate Shot?: Finding Patterns of the Anti-Muslim Narratives in Italy; From: News Media and Hate Speech Promotion in Mediterranean Countries
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Multiculturalism in Cinema in the Context of Popular Culture: Where Exactly Ferzan Özpetek Stands?
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Chapter 48
The West-East From Two Children's Points of View: The Example of BBC-TRT
In art history, literature and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world. These depictions are usually done by writers, designers, and artists from the West.
Published in Chapter: The West-East From Two Children's Points of View: The Example of BBC-TRT; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Chapter 11
Harem and Woman From Orientalist Pictures to the Cinema: Harem Suare
It is a critical theory, which is reconsidered by E. Said and which describes the way the “West” discursively constructs and represents the “East.”
Published in Chapter: Harem and Woman From Orientalist Pictures to the Cinema: Harem Suare; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Orientalism and Hollywood: Reflection of India on Western Cinema
The study of the history, Language, culture and tradition of the Middle East and Eastern nations.
Published in Chapter: Orientalism and Hollywood: Reflection of India on Western Cinema; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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The Transformation of Ion Perdicaris to Eden Perdicaris as a Retro Scenario and Orientalist Codes in Art: Woman and East “To Be Saved” From Eastern
Orientalism can be discussed within perspective of the former artistic and cultural production traditions that build the orientalistic discourse and the critical approach to that discourse with the works of Edward Said and following thinkers. According to academic perspective Orient is constructed by Europe as an Other in order to construct the self-Europe.
Published in Chapter: The Transformation of Ion Perdicaris to Eden Perdicaris as a Retro Scenario and Orientalist Codes in Art: Woman and East “To Be Saved” From Eastern; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Chapter 1
Tropes of Transculturality: On Comparing Medieval Sicily and Castile
Defined by Edward Said in his book Orientalims (1978) AU34: The in-text citation "Orientalims (1978)" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. , the term refers to patronizing interpretations of the Middle East cultivated in the West, which may not only include portrayals of the East as underdeveloped and inferior, but also Romanticizing tendencies of the Orient as an imaginary space.
Published in Chapter: Tropes of Transculturality: On Comparing Medieval Sicily and Castile; From: Cultural Encounters and Tolerance Through Analyses of Social and Artistic Evidences: From History to the Present
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Ornaments as Means of Communication: The Dresden Damascus Room and the Study of the Villa Hohenhof
Representation of the Eastern world in a stereotyped way that is regarded as embodying a colonialist attitude. Since the publication of Edward Said's “Orientalism” in 1978, the term is often used to refer to a general patronizing Western attitude towards the Middle Easter, Asia, and North Africa.
Published in Chapter: Ornaments as Means of Communication: The Dresden Damascus Room and the Study of the Villa Hohenhof; From: Cultural Encounters and Tolerance Through Analyses of Social and Artistic Evidences: From History to the Present
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Representations of Masculinities in Gaya Jiji's Film Named My Favorite Fabric
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Orientalism, Islamophobia, and the Concept of Otherization Through Civil Conflict, Digital Platform Netflix: The Example of the Messiah Series
Orientalism, defined as the science of the East, is rooted in ancient times. Orientalism, which etymologically signifies the sunrise, is based on the Latin word oriens and is geographically used to name the Eastern geography, means seeking information about the East. Orientalism, which is based on the East-West opposition, is a branch of science that first emerged in the early 14th century by the Vienna Church Council in a number of universities to understand eastern languages and cultures.
Published in Chapter: Orientalism, Islamophobia, and the Concept of Otherization Through Civil Conflict, Digital Platform Netflix: The Example of the Messiah Series; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Representing and Othering Oriental Women After 9/11: An Analysis of Body of Lies
A way of thinking and a mode of representation based on the ontological and epistemological distinction between Orient and Occident.
Published in Chapter: Representing and Othering Oriental Women After 9/11: An Analysis of Body of Lies; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Orientalism Revisited: Orientalism as Fashion
A Western-centric, field of research that studies the social structures, cultures, languages, histories, religions, and geographies of countries to the east of Europe, including Africa, Asia, the Near East, Middle East, and Far East.
Published in Chapter: Orientalism Revisited: Orientalism as Fashion; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Reproducing Orientalism With Cinema: Aladdin (2019)
The design, image or illusion of “East” that is carried, transferred and reproduced in the collective memory of the Westerners.
Published in Chapter: Reproducing Orientalism With Cinema: Aladdin (2019); From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Chapter 34
The Discursive Representation of Islam and Muslims in Movies
The term is a set of discursive, systematic and essentialist scholarly and literary practices with political motivations that constructs an image of the mysterious, feminine Orient as the ‘Other’ to the rational, articulate, masculine of the Western ‘Self’.
Published in Chapter: The Discursive Representation of Islam and Muslims in Movies; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Orientalist Museum Exhibitions in UK as a New Media at the Turn of the 21st Century: Re-Orientalism of Orientalism
Orientalism is a term that describes how Europeans represented unexplored territories in regions of the eastern or Islamic World. Places like Turkey, Greece, the Middle East and North Africa were framed as exoticized, fictionalized places.
Published in Chapter: Orientalist Museum Exhibitions in UK as a New Media at the Turn of the 21st Century: Re-Orientalism of Orientalism; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Eastern Male Image in Contemporary Oriental Media: The Novel and Movie of The Lustful Turk
In art history, literature and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world.
Published in Chapter: Eastern Male Image in Contemporary Oriental Media: The Novel and Movie of The Lustful Turk; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Chapter 38
The Trial of Traditional Turkish Culture With the Auto-Orientalist Cultural Industry
The design, image or illusion of “East” that is carried, transferred and reproduced in the collective memory of the Westerners.
Published in Chapter: The Trial of Traditional Turkish Culture With the Auto-Orientalist Cultural Industry; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Chapter 1
Orientalism From Past to Present, Traditional to Digital
In short Western ideas about East. A thinking system that enables Europe-America centered thinking about the east.
Published in Chapter: Orientalism From Past to Present, Traditional to Digital; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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Chapter 46
Transmedia Storytelling in Advertising: The Mediator Between Orientalism and Occidentalism
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Chapter 2
The Construction of Orientalist Discourse in the Documentary Series on the Digital Broadcasting Platform Netflix
In art history, literature and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world. These depictions are usually done by writers, designers, and artists from the West.
Published in Chapter: The Construction of Orientalist Discourse in the Documentary Series on the Digital Broadcasting Platform Netflix; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond
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