Orient Express

This somewhat resembles the fear/fascination he feels towards the vampire women. He is both afraid and fascinated by nature too. Moreover, this construction as the foreign eastern country as feminine is the typical western view of the orient. This view of the Orient is connected to Edward Said's concept of

civilization upon the Near East, in the form of railway infrastructure, secular education, French language and the attempt to destroy Muslim habits. Also absent are the Westerners, the white men are the not in the painting but are the voyeurs of the mystical Orient. According to Nochlin evidence of art is missing, Gérôme used photographs to produce

Outline I. Introduction Topic sentence: II. Madame Butterfly The Western ideology of the Eastern exoticism and docility originates from the long historical context of imperialism and political tensions between the West and the East. Domestic struggles caused by political strife and war in the East, such as the Philippines during the American-Spanish War and China during the Opium Wars, created an opportunity for the West to infiltrate the destabilized Eastern countries. This access allowed

ISLAM AND MODERNITY: COURSEWORK 1 The document is an extract taken from the book al-Mar’a al-Jadida (The New Woman, 1900) written by Qasim Amin (1863-1809), an Egyptian lawyer ‘renowned for his support of women 's liberation in the Islamic world’. Amin’s strong will to stand up against public opinion in Egypt 's contemporary society as well as his aristocratic background and attitude toward the masses and politics, led him to see reform from a special position. Although Amin despised politics in

In David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly exemplifies three keywords that have such a greater meaning: race, gender, and orientalism. “Race is a social construction…” (Hwang) Junaid Rana starts her definition of race by stating it is a social construction, which in itself is mind boggling, because it is true. Race was not an issue when it came down to deciding Ozawa V. United States in 1922 or Thind V. United States in 1923. Rana then goes on to say “...In which biology and culture are often conflated

Profile • Mission and Vision • Products • Corporate Social Responsibility • Channel Management of Orient Electronics • Questions/Answers   Introduction Orient Electronics is a symbol of innovation in Pakistan. Its innovative products like Orient Entertainer Refrigerator, Orient Econotech air-conditioners and recently launched Orient Quad Core LED TV are most trusted by the consumers. Company Profile Orient Group of Companies has been on the forefront of design and development, by coming up with new

The European’s view of the orient was not flattering. As a group, they understood that their culture was different from many of the cultures present in the Oriental world. Unfortunately, the people of the west did not appreciate the differences between themselves and the people of the East. Consequently, they were unable to fully relate to the people of the orient in a meaningful or sympathetic way. Their inability to empathize with the East limited their understanding of the oriental nations as

In David Henry Hwang’s play, M. Butterfly manifests three keywords that have a profound meaning: Race, Gender, and Orientalism. Junaid Rana starts her definition of race by stating that it is a social construction. Race did not exist early until the government used it as a classification. The creation of race is to separate cultural and biological differences in a corporate class. Race was not an issue when it came down to deciding the victor Ozawa V. United States in 1922, or even in Thind V. United

Before explaining the concepts of liminality and Othering and their connection to volunteerism, I will first explain how volunteerism is scientifically defined and approached. The term volunteerism is a coalescence from the words volunteering and tourism. Stebbins and Graham (2004) define volunteerism as volunteering “in an organized way to undertake holidays that might involve the aiding or alleviating the material poverty of some groups in society, the restoration of certain environments or research

a monolithic entity, diametrically opposed to the Orient on a cultural level. Occidentalism as practiced by Oriental scholars traces its intellectual roots to traditional European Orientalism, and retains the very same fallacies that have recently become so reviled amongst Western academics in regard to Orientalism.