Black Orientalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20067967 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sherman A Jackson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Pages | 33-47 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Black Routes to Islam (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9780230623743_3 |
| OpenAlex | W4253566317 |
| ISBN | 9780230623743 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
In 1978, Edward said published his now-famous Orientalism.1 A Christian Palestinian, Said devoted Orientalism to exposing the manner in which the prejudices and power of Europe, and later, the United States, created both a geographical entity called "the Orient" and a scholarly tradition of speaking and writing about it. This was not the Orient of Japan or China; this was the "Near East" and "Middle East." While Jews, Christians, and others contributed to the cultures and history of this region, Islam and Muslims were the primary, if not exclusive, targets of this new discourse. As the incubator and projector of Western fears, repressions, and prejudices, occidental discourse about the Orient normalized a whole series of self-serving, condescending stereotypes about Arab and Muslim "Orientals." These, in turn, justified the propriety and explained the inevitability of Western domination and privilege. This self-referencing, power-driven psychological predisposition, deeply rooted and often consciously indulged, constituted what Said meant by Orientalism.KeywordsBlackamerican CommunityMuslim WorldWhite SupremacyMuslim SocietyBlackamerican CultureThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves
Art · Far East · Islam · Literature · Middle East · Orient · Orientalism · Political science · Power (physics) · Privilege (computing) · Secularity · Sociology · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |