A groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—three decades after its first publication—one of

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Examining and historicizing the concept of "otherness" in both literature and criticism, Lisa Lowe explores representations of non-European cultures in British

In 1798, Napoléon I launched his Egyptian Campaign and opened what has become recognized as the canonic period of French Orientalism, which extends from the la

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