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    Late 1800s to 1907 The were many art movements within this time period. I am going to show you some of well known one and unknown artist. Impressionism In 1874‚ a group of artists called the Anonymous Society of Painters‚ Sculptors‚ Printmakers‚ etc. organized an exhibition in Paris that launched the movement called Impressionism. Its founding members included Claude Monet‚ Edgar Degas‚ and Camille Pissarro‚ among others. Impressionism was a movement that occurred in both art and poetry. It

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    In other words‚ as Edward Said argues in Orientalism that “the Orient has helped to define Europe (or the West) as its contrasting image‚ idea‚ personality‚ experience” and that “European culture gained in strength and identity by setting itself off against the Orient as a sort of surrogate and even underground self...”1 Orientalism is usually referred to situations such as colonisation in Asia‚ however‚ its theory can provide a greater

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    [pic]Postcolonialism Postcolonialism (also Post-colonial theory‚ Postcolonial studies‚ and Post-colonialism) comprises methods of intellectual discourse that present analyses of‚ and responses to‚ the cultural legacies of colonialism and of imperialism‚ which draw from different post-modern schools of thought‚ such as critical theory. In the field of anthropology‚ post-colonial studies record the human relations among the colonial nations and the peoples of the colonies they had ruled and exploited

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    ............... It has become almost commonplace to charge Edward Said and his work with inconsistency‚ even hypocrisy. The list of objections that have been made is long indeed. For not only did Said deploy Foucault alongside Gramsci in Orientalism (1991) [1978])‚ and T. S. Eliot alongside Fanon in Culture and

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    enacted in a singular fashion; rather‚ white supremacy is constituted by separate and distinct‚ but interrelated logics” (67). This premise serves as the backdrop for the three pillars of white supremacy; Slavery/Capitalism‚ Genocide/Colonialism and Orientalism/War‚ which all address how women of color are victimized in diverse ways. The first pillar of slavery/capitalism is based on the historic value of blacks as slaves‚ which implies they were not part of humanity but rather a commodity‚ “nothing more

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    1- Introduction In the modern world history‚ Western countries have mastered a vast part of the world. And this kind of control‚ based on domination and subordination‚ aroused mainly from colonialism and imperialism like the power of the British Empire over many colonized countries in the world. Thus‚ this imperial power had intensively engaged writers’ attention. Among those major writers is Rudyard Kipling. He is a British novelist and poet who was born in British India in 1865 and died in

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    relations and politics with regards to the ‘Arab Spring’ uprising? Geography has been ever-present within political and developmental endeavors worldwide. Through the emergence of rational and forward-thinking states‚ the processes of modernity and orientalism (Said‚ 1977)‚ and establishment of rudimental international relations‚ geography has always had its place carving the way in terms of how we think about spatial realities. Looking at more contemporary ideologies of post-modernism and the rejection

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    created a belief that an individual (usually a white male) is the dominant in society. A hierarchy is formed and therefore‚ oppression. Because of this hierarchy any other civilization is seen as a permanent threat. Smith elaborates and states‚ “Orientalism serves as the anchor for war” (Smith 62). This fuels and justifies the marginalization‚ racial profiling‚ and violence towards those who resembles a Muslim. U.S culture’s acceptance and reinforcement of the distorted stereotype prevents people from

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    and religious tension within the UK‚ was the murder of Lee Rigby. In order to look at ‘The representation of Islam in British tabloids following the death of lee Rigby’. The following research aims were developed; 1. What are islamaphobia and orientalism and how are they relevant in todays society? 2. What discourse do tabloids use in order to describe Muslims (following the death of Lee Rigby). 3. What affect does the representation of Islam by the British tabloids have on society? This thesis

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    Orientalism is one of the most influential theories of post colonialism. It becomes a touchstone to judge a work from certain angle. A text is structured like a textile but the weaving is not done by the Author‚ it is a consequence of the particular conditions which make the text possible. Orientalism constructs binary division between orient and Occident. It is propagated through literature of all

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