Sep 5, 2022
10 min read
What Is ‘Orientalism’?
Edward Said’s definition of the term
In 1978, the Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said wrote a book called Orientalism. It’s insightful and clearly expressed, though its length may put off some potential readers. It’s an important book for me because I’ve been interested in “Western” literary representations of “Eastern” eunuchs, and what Said has written explains a lot of that.
