The Orientalism debate, inspired by the work of Edward Said, has been a major source of cross-disciplinary controversy. This work offers a re-evaluation of this vast literature of Orientalism by a historian of imperalism, giving it a historical perspective. The discussion tests the notion that the Western arts received genuine inspiration from the East by examining the visual arts, architecture, design, music and theatre. The book argues that Western approaches to the Orient have been much more ambiguous and genuinely interactive than Said allowed.
- ISBN10 0719018617
- ISBN13 9780719018619
- Publish Date 15 June 1995
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 February 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Manchester University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English