Occidentalism
Subtitle: images of the West
By: edited by James G. Carrier.
Contributors: Carrier, James G.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Ethnology -- United States.; Civilization, Western -- Philosophy.; Americans -- Public opinion.; Public opinion -- United States.; United States -- Social life and customs.
Description: Occidentalism is an investigation of images of Western cultural identity. Edward Said's Orientalism revolutionized Western understanding of non-Western cultures by showing how Western projected images shaped the Occidental view of the Orient, but those who follow Said have not until now reflected that understanding back onto Western societies. This volume shows how images of the West shape people's conceptions of themselves and are in turn shaped by members of Western and non-Western societies alike. The contributors describe and explicate these images in a variety of areas, from Western academic writing to popular Western culture, from societies within and outside the West, to show how power and conflict shape such conceptions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.