Essays about: "orientalism india"

Found 2 essays containing the words orientalism india.

1. 1. Exotic India? : - A quantitative study of BBC World

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Leone Söderlind Serrander; [2015]
   Keywords : Orientalism; Cosmopolitanism; Globalization; Edward Said;

   Abstract : India has had a complicated and close relationship to Britain for hundreds of years. The nations have been connected both politically and economically. In the colonial times, India was ruled by Britain and had the power to depict the colonies in the way that suited their own interests. READ MORE

3. 2. The Terrible Turk : Anti-Ottoman Representations in the 19th Century Swedish Rural Press

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, KV

   Author : Per M. Gjörloff; Robert Gustafsson; [2013]
   Keywords : Ottomans; islamophobia; 19th century; rural press;

   Abstract : Islamophobia has been pack and parcel in the Western civilisation from the days of Charlemagne via the Crusades and the rise of Orientalism, as opposed to Occidentalism, to the modern day reporting of Islamic terrorist threat. Many were fascinated by the degree of civilisation and the exoticism of the Ottomans, especially the sexual virtues (or lack thereof) were of particular interest of the travellers into the Ottoman Empire. READ MORE