num_pages: 396
description: Now reissued with a substantial new afterword, this highly acclaimed overview of Western attitudes towards the East has become one of the canonical texts of cultural studies
language: English
title: Orientalism: Western Concepts of the Orient
titlecomplete: Orientalism: Western Concepts of the Orient
genres: Theory, Anthropology, Politics, Academic, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Classics, Sociology, Race, History
ratings_count: 24013
places: Middle East
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism
publisher: Penguin Books