Occidentalism
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Occidentalism refers to a discipline that discusses the Western world from outside perspectives. Occidentalism focuses on Western culture or customs, especially covering the fields of thought, philoso
Anti-Western pamphlet printed in China during the Boxer Rebellion, accusing Jesuit missionaries (derogatorily referred to as pigs) of gouging out the eyes of local people, likely an exaggerated caricature of Western medicinal procedures, which stood in opposition to traditional Chinese medicine.[citation needed]
Anti-Western Chinese pamphlet issued during the Boxer Rebellion caricaturising Christianity and showing Jesuit missionaries having sex with local Chinese women.
Edward Said
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Edward Wadie Said was a Palestinian and American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of post-colonial stud
Occidentalism
…as popular as Orientalism in the general public and in academic settings. The term emerged as the reverse of Orientalism, defined by literary critic Edward Said, which refers to Western stereotypes of the Eastern world, the Orient. Different languages have different terms relating to Occidentalism and Westernization…
Said in 2002
Said and his sister, Rosemarie Said, dressed in traditional Arab clothing, 1940
Said in the Princeton University yearbook, 1957
The cover of the book Orientalism (1978) is a detail from the 19th-century Orientalist painting The Snake Charmer, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904).