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Orientalism
by SAID, Edward W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Very Good-
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good+/Very Good-. Irva Mandelbaum (dust jacket design). Large 8vo. Pp. xi, [3], 368. Notes. Index. Bound in full navy cloth with gilt lettering stamped on the front board and spine. Remainder mark on bottom edge; light dampstain along lower edge cloth and gutter corner of rear endpapers. In the color illustrated dust jacket that shows light edge-wear, dampstain visible on lower inside verso only. Price of $15.00 remains intact on front flap. Said's groundbreaking polemic lambasting the ossified Western view of the East as sensual, lazy, tyrannical, corrupt and retrograde. Among his fresh insights was that Forster, Conrad and Kipling produced novels designed not to question status quo, but to bolster colonialism, to keep the empire intact.
The dust jacket features the painting "The Snake Charmer" by Jean-Leon Gerome. While the condition factors are evident, this copy presents well, with the dust jacket now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
.Synopsis
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said’s groundbreaking critique of the West’s historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East has become a modern classic. In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of “orientalism” to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined “the orient” simply as “other than” the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding. Essential, and still eye-opening, Orientalism remains one of the most important books written about our divided world.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6768
- Title
- Orientalism
- Author
- SAID, Edward W
- Illustrator
- Irva Mandelbaum (dust jacket design)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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