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- To criticize exoticism seems to mean criticizing discourses and representations of the other from the viewpoint of the center, the more powerful (i.e., Western) culture, the original rather than the derived, the subject that constructs and objectifies an ex-otic other for its own consumption.
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This chapter discusses new perspectives on exoticism, exoticism as an Aesthetics of Diversity, Victor Segalen's views on the exoticist tradition, and threats and responses to twentieth-century exoticism.
To criticize exoticism seems to mean criticizing discourses and representations of the other from the viewpoint of the center, the more powerful (i.e., Western) culture, the original rather than the derived, the subject that constructs and objectifies an ex-otic other for its own consumption.
A romanticization, fetishization, and/or commodification of ethnic, racial, or cultural otherness, as in orientalism, or primitivizing representations of the ‘noble savage’.
May 8, 2024 · Exoticism is a mode of representation that focuses on the perceived differences between cultures, often emphasizing the foreign, unfamiliar, or “other.” It can involve objectification, idealization, and the reinforcement of power imbalances between the observer and the observed.
Anthropology has often been criticized for its exoticism and orientalism. They are the paradoxes of a discipline focused on the comparative study of difference and diversity and are at the centre of the discussion here in the larger context of the importance of anthropology in the humanities and social sciences.
The term exoticism describes a cultural phenomenon that projects Western fantasies about profound cultural differences. It adopts a cultural perspective that is firmly entrenched in the conventions and belief systems of Western civilization and therefore constructs the East as the archetypical location of otherness.
Apr 7, 2015 · The discussion provides an overview of scholarly approaches to exoticism over time, focusing on those scholars who have been most active in this field and on the influence of the cultural historian and critic Edward Said.
