Black and white memories: re-inscription of visual orientalism in embroideries
In the aftermath of the tragedies of 9/11, the West began to represent the East in a darker way. The western mass media, and the art and literary markets are riddled with visual discourses that consolidate the stereotypical representation of the Orient. One of these visual discourses which strengt...
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| Language: | English |
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Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
2014
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7739/1/6313-18846-1-PB.pdf |
| Summary: | In the aftermath of the tragedies of 9/11, the West began to represent the East in a darker way. The western
mass media, and the art and literary markets are riddled with visual discourses that consolidate the
stereotypical representation of the Orient. One of these visual discourses which strengthen the stereotypes is the
portrayals of Eastern women. Almost without exception, the whole mass media use images of eastern veiled
women either as victim or lecherous to bolster its East/West demarcation. These sorts of images can be found in
some contemporary Muslim women’s works as well. By examining the history of visual orientalism and by
studying Marjane Satrapi’s Embroideries (2005), we argue that discourses such as Satrapi’s re-inscribe the
visual Orientalism by representing the cliché and stereotypical images of women. |
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