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Exotic Memories
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1991-05
Exotic Memories written by and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-05 with categories.
This book focuses on the literature of exoticism at the turn of the last century and how it foreshadows our own fin de siècle. Earlier writers of exoticism had turned away from the West and its modernity, rejecting the social changes caused by industrialization and displacing onto 'savage' or 'primitive' cultures their aspirations for political freedom. By the turn of the century, however, European nations had reduced vast areas of the globe to colonial status: this global exportation of Western cultural norms and economic systems had a critical effect on the literature of exoticism. In concentrating on writers from the age of the New Imperialism (1880-1920), this book reveals an important contradiction at the heart of the exoticist impulse: the very expansion that enabled European writers to go in search of exotic Others ensured the eventual disappearance of the exotic. Turn-of-the-century writers of exoticism thus give voice to a deep nostalgia both for the values supposedly lost to the West in its process of modernization and for those once exotic places in which they found, with increasing disappointment, not pristine innocence but merely the traces of their own culture. The author concentrates on four writers - Jules Verne, Pierre Loti, Victor Segalen, and Joseph Conrad - although he touches on a number of other writers, and even painters, like Paul Gauguin. The works of these four writers foreground attitudes and assumptions useful for understanding a wide array of phenomena: an examination of these works shows how nostalgia for a cultural Other was built into the intellectual configuration of modernism, throws light on the early history of anthropology, and helps us understand features of our own cultural formation that are becoming increasingly important in today's global village. Making an explicit link between turn-of-the-century exoticism and the present day, the book concludes with a critical assessment of Pier Paolo Pasolini's neo-exoticist attachment to a supposedly revolutionary Third World in his poetry and literary criticism. The book's critical stance is noteworthy, drawing its basic assumptions from pensiero debole, the 'weak thought' of the contemporary Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo, whose poststructuralist theories are only now becoming known in the United States. 'Weak thought' seeks to supersede outmoded, metaphysical categories of thought, not by replacing them with something new, but by an elegaic, recollective, and rhetorical dwelling within those categories. The author also makes creative use of narrative theory, and draws on the recent 'new historicism', reading literary texts to excellent effect against the historical events that made them possible.
The Postcolonial Exotic
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Author : Graham Huggan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-09-26
The Postcolonial Exotic written by Graham Huggan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
Travel writing, it has been said, helped produce the rest of the world for a Western audience. Could the same be said more recently of postcolonial writing? In The Postcolonial Exotic, Graham Huggan examines some of the processes by which value is attributed to postcolonial works within their cultural field. Using varied methods of analysis, Huggan discusses both the exoticist discourses that run through postcolonial studies, and the means by which postcolonial products are marketed and domesticated for Western consumption. Global in scope, the book takes in everything from: * the latest 'Indo-chic' to the history of the Heinemann African Writers series * from the celebrity stakes of the Booker Prize to those of the US academic star-system *from Canadian multicultural anthologies to Australian 'tourist novels'. This timely and challenging volume points to the urgent need for a more carefully grounded understanding of the processes of production, dissemination and consumption that have surrounded the rapid development of the postcolonial field.
The Exotic
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Author : Dorothy M. Figueira
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1994-09-15
The Exotic written by Dorothy M. Figueira and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-09-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Memories Of Exotic Kenya
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Author : Sarah Khan
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2022-12-07
Memories Of Exotic Kenya written by Sarah Khan and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-07 with Travel categories.
By writing this narrative, I want to give you firsthand information and a taste of the Kenyan safari and its animals in their different habitats, as well as introduce you to the cuisine and hospitality of the wonderful Kenyan people. In addition to being entertained, you will find a world of knowledge in this narrative that I have gained through my visit. I hope my experience will excite you and motivate you to someday also take a trip to Kenya. Part of my hope was to see the big five. Come along for the journey and see if that wish came true.....
Exotic Memories In The Age Of Late Imperialism
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Author : Li-chung Yang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Exotic Memories In The Age Of Late Imperialism written by Li-chung Yang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with East and West in literature categories.
What I Learned From My Exotic Cat
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Author : Mary Simpson
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-03-15
What I Learned From My Exotic Cat written by Mary Simpson and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-15 with categories.
Our pets are very special to us. Your Exotic is a member of your family. You care for them and play with them and pet them. They give you unconditional love, companionship, entertainment, and joy-and that's probably just for starters. Just like people, each pet is a unique individual with their own personality, character, habits, likes and dislikes. As our relationship with our Exotic grows, we learn things from them and have adventures, build experiences, and create memories. Being able to remember, refer back to, and relive important events and lessons gleaned from being a pet parent is a special gift for us. Everything is unique and special to each pet and their family. This "What I Learned from My Exotic Cat/My Lessons & Memories Journal" provides an easy and convenient way to record and relive what is important to us. In your journal, you will be able to: -Place a photo of your Exotic -Record important information such as their name, birthday, favorite treats, endearing traits or actions, and more -Make two-page entries for which you will create a title or topic and then write about it -Create your own customized Table of Contents, using the title and page number for each entry for easy reference Your journal entries will give you a wonderful treasure of lessons and memories that you can relive any time you re-read what you have written. It is unique to you and your pet, which makes it an extraordinary keepsake.
Figuring The East
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Author : Marie-Paule Ha
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2000-01-01
Figuring The East written by Marie-Paule Ha and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Examines the ambiguous constructions of the Orient in the works of four major twentieth-century French writers.
The Japanese Restaurant
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Author : Iori Hamada
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-08-04
The Japanese Restaurant written by Iori Hamada and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-04 with Social Science categories.
This book explores the growth and operations of the Japanese restaurant in Australia since the early 2000s from perspectives of both restaurant workers and consumers. Through first-hand testimonies, collected from chefs, restaurateurs, gourmets and casual diners, it demonstrates how Japanese restaurants act as cultural hubs, connecting a diverse community of migrants, Australian citizens and international tourists, while also disseminating knowledge of Japanese culinary cultures. The ethnographic evidence presented challenges the colonialist and essentialist understandings of the ‘exotic’ and ‘Japaneseness’ as the ‘inferior other’ to the West. In so doing, the book highlights the complex manifestations of cross-cultural desires, translating practices and the performative racial-ethnic mimesis of Japanese ethnicity. Featuring critical investigation into the fixed notions of otherness, race, ethnicity and authenticity, this book will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of Japanese society and culture, particularly Japanese food culture.
Exotic Subversions In Nineteenth Century French Fiction
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Author : Jennifer Yee
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Exotic Subversions In Nineteenth Century French Fiction written by Jennifer Yee and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Foreign Language Study categories.
In the course of the nineteenth century France built up a colonial empire second only to Britain's. The literary tradition in which it dealt with its colonial 'Other' is frequently understood in terms of Edward Said's description of Orientalism as both a Western projection and a 'will to govern' over the Orient. There is, however, a body of works that eludes such a simple categorisation, offering glimpses of colonial resistance, of a critique of imperialist hegemony, or of a blurring of the boundaries between the Self and the Other. Some of the ways in which the imperialist enterprise is subverted in the metropolitan literature of this period are examined in this volume through detailed case studies of key works by Chateaubriand, Hugo, Flaubert and Segalen.
Gateways
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Author : Elizabeth Anne Hull
language : en
Publisher: Tor Books
Release Date : 2010-07-06
Gateways written by Elizabeth Anne Hull and has been published by Tor Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-06 with Fiction categories.
An anthology of new, original stories by bestselling science fiction authors, inspired by science fiction great Frederik Pohl It isn't easy to get a group of bestselling SF authors to write new stories for an anthology, but that's what Elizabeth Anne Hull has done in this powerhouse book. With original, captivating tales by Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, David Brin, Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Joe Haldeman, Harry Harrison, Larry Niven, Vernor Vinge, Gene Wolfe, and others, Gateways is a SF event that will be a must-buy for SF readers of all tastes, from the traditional to the cutting edge; from the darkly serious to the laugh-out-loud funny. Each author has written a story that he or she feels reflects the effect Pohl has had on the field—in the style of writing, the narrative tone, or the subject matter. It says a lot about Pohl's career that the authors represented here themselves span many decades and styles, from the experimental SF of British SF author Brian W. Aldiss to the over-the-top humor of Harry Harrison and Mike Resnick, from the darkly powerful drama of Hollywood screenwriter Frank Robinson to the satiric pungency of multiple Hugo Award-winner Vernor Vinge. Every story here is uniquely nuanced; all of them as entertaining and thought provoking as Pohl's fiction. In a career dating back to 1939, Pohl has won all the awards science fiction has to offer: Hugos, Nebulas, the SFWA Grand Master Award. Having written more than two million words of fiction and edited the groundbreaking Star anthologies and Hugo Award-winning magazines and books, Pohl is an SF icon. This anthology of brilliant, entertaining SF stories is a testament to his stature in the field. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
