Preliminaries
Historicizing Rage and Representing Historical Speech
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23426352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda McJannet (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Pages | 15-31 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Sultan Speaks (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9780230601499_2 |
| OpenAlex | W2402887273 |
| ISBN | 9780230601499 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
The rhetoric of alterity, of which Orientalism is one example, purports to describe entire peoples by means of abstract attributes in opposition to which the speaker can define himself or herself. It typically employs a relatively small number of tropes and discursive strategies: generalizations, epithets, asides, good/bad dichotomies, “exceptions to the rule,” irony, and direct or indirect quotations. In themselves, these strategies are neutral, but they often serve to create and disseminate negative stereotypes. Generalizations may define the other as an undifferentiated group, characterized by innate, immovable, negative traits. They also establish the expertise of the commentator, both in relation to the (less informed) reader and in relation to the peoples described, who are objects of knowledge (rather than agents) and who may be portrayed as entirely knowable. Such generalizations are often expressed as asides or within parentheses, which adds a condescending tone and a sense of collusion with the reader. The essence of a generalization may be distilled into an epithet, such as “barbaric,” “savage,” “lazy,” “backward,” or “enigmatic.” Culturally coded epithets may, in addition, describe the land of the other as “barren,” “desolate,” or “undeveloped” and thus in need of outside influence to become “civilized.” 1 Also common are good/bad dichotomies (Good Indians/ Bad Indians) and the topos of “the exception that proves the rule,” both of which harness the power of examples that run counter to the alleged norm in order to reinforce that norm. These 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.
Aesthetics · Analogy · Art · Dichotomy · Epistemology · Epithet · Irony · Linguistics · Literature · Norm (philosophy) · Opposition (politics) · Orientalism · Political science · Relation (database) · Rhetoric · Sociology · Computer Science · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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