Essay on Exoticism (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
120
Utgivningsdatum
2002-01-01
Förlag
Duke University Press
Översättare
Yael Rachel Schlick
Originalspråk
French
Medarbetare
Harootunian, H.D. (foreword)
Dimensioner
210 x 137 x 9 mm
Vikt
163 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780822328223

Essay on Exoticism

An Aesthetics of Diversity

av Victor Segalen
Häftad,  Engelska, 2002-01-01
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The Othersource of fear and fascination; emblem of difference demonized and romanticized. Theories of alterity and cultural diversity abound in the contemporary academic landscape. Victor Segalens early attempt to theorize the exotic is a crucial reference point for all discussions of alterity, diversity, and ethnicity. Written over the course of fourteen years between 1904 and 1918, at the height of the age of imperialism, Essay on Exoticism encompasses Segalens attempts to define true Exoticism. This concept, he hoped, would not only replace nineteenth-century notions of exoticism that he considered tawdry and romantic, but also redirect his contemporaries propensity to reduce the exotic to the colonial. His critique envisions a mechanism that appreciates cultural differencewhich it posits as an aesthetic and ontological valuerather than assimilating it: Exoticisms power is nothing other than the ability to conceive otherwise, he writes. Segalens pioneering work on otherness anticipates and informs much of the current postcolonial critique of colonial discourse. As such Essay on Exoticism is essential reading for both cultural theorists or those with an interest in the politics of difference and diversity.
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At a time when the moral battles for the other have been waged, when the constructedness of identities has been demonstrated in extenso, it comes as a refreshing surprise to see Segalen struggle with the terminology of otherness and difference in the context of the term exoticism. His ruminations represent a fascinating and important intervention in present theoretical debates. For too long Segalen has been a secret among the initiate few; the time for broadcasting his ideas more widely is overdue.Andreas Michel, Indiana University It is exciting to see Segalens most comprehensive and influential theoretical text translated into English, particularly given its growing impact on colonial/postcolonial studies.Chris Bongie, College of William and Mary Essays on Exoticism is a most peculiar document. It was never finished, and never meant to be. . . . It is almost always interesting, because Segalen is interesting, and because he was trying to come to grips with something that still preoccupies many of us more than ever." -- Ian Buruma * New York Review of Books *

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Victor Segalen (18781919) was a French poet, novelist, archaeologist, and cultural analyst. Yal Rachel Schlick is Adjunct Professor of English at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword: The Exotics of Nowhere Acknowledgments Introduction Chronology: Victor Segalen (18781919) Essay on Exoticism Notes Other Works by Victor Segalen Available in English Selected Critical Works on Victor Segalen in English Index

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