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Imperial Fictions

Paperback • 2009 • English

Imperial Fictions

By Rana Kabbani

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About the book

Rana Kabbani unravels Western fantasies and myths about the East which were woven over the ages. Devised during the Crusades to combat Islam, then confirmed by centuries of Western writers and artists, these myths fostered racial and sexual stereotypes that became vital to imperial designs. In Orientalist travelogues and paintings, the British and the French conceived of an erotic and sinister East, one that they believed to be morally inferior and dangerous, and therefore ripe for colonisation....Show more

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9780863566714

Publisher

Saqi Books

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Imperial Fictions

Format

Paperback

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