The Sheik. Pepe le Moko. Casablanca. Aladdin. Some of the most popular and frequently discussed titles in movie history are imbued with orientalism, the politically charged way in which Western artists have represented gender, race, and ethnicity in the cultures of North Africa and Asia. This is the first anthology to address and highlight orientalism in film from pre-cinema fascinations with Egyptian culture through the "Whole New World" of Aladdin. Eleven illuminating and well-illustrated essays utilize the insights of interdisciplinary cultural studies, psychoanalysis, feminism, and genre criticism. Other films discussed include The Letter, Caesar and Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, Indochine, and several films of France's cinema colonial. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Dudley Andrew, Phebe Shih Chao, Mary Hamer, Marina Heung, Antonia Lant, Adrienne L. McLean, Janice Morgan, Alan Nadel, Charles O'Brien, and Ella Shohat.
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Visions of the East explores mass media biases and prejudices towards the Arab. It's an easy, interesting read; it focuses on examples and backrounds as a means of illustrating the inherant reacism ("Arabism") in popular culture. Too often we don't realize the stereotypes being publicized are just that- stereotypes. Visions of the East reminds the reader to look deeper, to examine material before absorbing it. An excellent book for better understanding the rampant Eurocentrism in media and film and the reasons behind it.
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New York, Madame Butterfly, United States, Jack Cole, Miss Saigon, New Woman, Ballets Russes, Disney World, Cinq Gentlemen, Egyptian Hall, World War, New World Order, Ted Shawn, Edward Said, Indiana University Press, L'Homme du Niger, Los Angeles, Marilyn Monroe, Motion Picture Magazine, North Africa, University of California Press, Motion Picture Classic, Muslim Middle East, Theda Bara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes New!
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When, in 1945, Andre Bazin asked himself "What is Cinema?" Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mummy complex, colonialist discourse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Madame Butterfly, United States, Jack Cole, Miss Saigon, New Woman, Ballets Russes, Disney World, Cinq Gentlemen, Egyptian Hall, World War, New World Order, Ted Shawn, Edward Said, Indiana University Press, L'Homme du Niger, Los Angeles, Marilyn Monroe, Motion Picture Magazine, North Africa, University of California Press, Motion Picture Classic, Muslim Middle East, Theda Bara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes New!
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- Dance in the Hollywood Musical (Studies in Photography and Cinematography ; No. 4) by Jerome Delamater on 5 pages
- Colonial Harem (Theory and History of Literature) by Malek Alloula on 4 pages
- What Is Cinema? Vol. 1 by Andre Bazin on 4 pages
- Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent by Matthew Bernstein on 4 pages
- The New World Order by Greg West on 4 pages
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- Orient im Film. by Stephanie Mattes on 12 pages
- Becoming Cleopatra: The Shifting Image of an Icon by Francesca T. Royster on 4 pages
- Becoming Cleopatra: The Shifting Image of an Icon by Francesca T. Royster on 4 pages
- South Sea Maidens: Western Fantasy and Sexual Politics in the South Pacific (Contributions to the Study of World History) by Michael Sturma on page 77, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Picturing Chinatown: Art and Orientalism in San Francisco by Anthony W. Lee in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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