FROM REAL TO REEL: HOLLYWOOD’S CULTURE OF ORIENTALISM IN AND AROUND THE ENGLISH PATIENT by Beyazıt AKMAN

“…Whereas the author of the novel takes apart the official history in a puzzling fluidity of nations and selves, the director reconstructs history back to its Eurocentric context. By also looking at the movie criticism published in the industry’s major venues, I try to demonstrate a culture of Orientalism in the promotion of the movie that goes well beyond the discussion of a single work.…”
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Anglikan Kilisesi’nin Osmanlı’daki Sancaktarı Church Missionary Society Üyeleri Ve Gelir Kaynakları - II by Arzu M. Nurdoğan

“…Türkiye’deki modern kültürün gerek yaşam tarzı gerekse dünya görüşü açısından Batılı kültür-medeniyet anlayışına, değerler sistemine istinad ettiği, başka bir ifadeyle Avrupa merkezli (Eurocentric) olduğu söylenebilir. Misyonerlerin, milletlerin kendilerine has inanç sistemlerine dayalı kültürlerini, değerlerini, algılama biçimlerini ihmal etmelerinde, hatta küçümsemelerindeki katkısı, paternalist tutumları tartışmaya değer bir mevzudur. …”
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The Others in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre: A Postcolonial-Orientalist and Feminist Reading by Filiz Barın Akman

“…However, while Brontë creates a female character in Jane who triumphs over the challenges posed by Victorian society’s class and gender hierarchies, i.e., the status as other of governesses and women, problematic as it is in its final solidification of the status quo, Bertha reflects the dominant, Eurocentric ideologies of nineteenth century England concerning race and the racial other. …”
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