On Monkeys and Japanese: Mimicry and Anastrophe in Orientalist Representation

A number of lines of work are presented from a current project into the implications of Orientalism in the stereotypical representation of Japan through the analysis of the discourses of the paradox and inverse civilisation, and the consideration of the animalisation strategies of the Other in the t...

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Main Author: Blai Guarné
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya 2008-05-01
Series:Digithum
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Online Access:http://digithum.uoc.edu/10/dt/eng/guarne.pdf
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description A number of lines of work are presented from a current project into the implications of Orientalism in the stereotypical representation of Japan through the analysis of the discourses of the paradox and inverse civilisation, and the consideration of the animalisation strategies of the Other in the travel literature of Pierre Loti and the fiction of Pierre Boulle.
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spelling doaj.art-77df42ead0434a898829a0c491eb95582022-12-22T02:52:57ZcatUniversitat Oberta de CatalunyaDigithum1575-22752008-05-0110On Monkeys and Japanese: Mimicry and Anastrophe in Orientalist RepresentationBlai GuarnéA number of lines of work are presented from a current project into the implications of Orientalism in the stereotypical representation of Japan through the analysis of the discourses of the paradox and inverse civilisation, and the consideration of the animalisation strategies of the Other in the travel literature of Pierre Loti and the fiction of Pierre Boulle.http://digithum.uoc.edu/10/dt/eng/guarne.pdfPlanet of the ApesJapanOrientalismanimalisationcolonial mimesiscultural paradoxinverse civilisation
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On Monkeys and Japanese: Mimicry and Anastrophe in Orientalist Representation
Digithum
Planet of the Apes
Japan
Orientalism
animalisation
colonial mimesis
cultural paradox
inverse civilisation
title On Monkeys and Japanese: Mimicry and Anastrophe in Orientalist Representation
title_full On Monkeys and Japanese: Mimicry and Anastrophe in Orientalist Representation
title_fullStr On Monkeys and Japanese: Mimicry and Anastrophe in Orientalist Representation
title_full_unstemmed On Monkeys and Japanese: Mimicry and Anastrophe in Orientalist Representation
title_short On Monkeys and Japanese: Mimicry and Anastrophe in Orientalist Representation
title_sort on monkeys and japanese mimicry and anastrophe in orientalist representation
topic Planet of the Apes
Japan
Orientalism
animalisation
colonial mimesis
cultural paradox
inverse civilisation
url http://digithum.uoc.edu/10/dt/eng/guarne.pdf
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