...documentary on Orientalism, talks about how most westerners has developed a preconceived notion of what kind of people live, what they believe and how they act in the eastern part of the world. The documentary focuses on the work of writer Edward Said and his ideas on Orientalism. According to Said the west and Europe look through a lens that distorts the actually reality of the eastern people. He labels this lens through which the westerners view as Orientalism. This documentary on orientalism also suggests that the knowledge acquired by the west is not objective, but it actually serves a certain interest. Edward Said in the documentary argues that the Europeans divided the world into two parts; the east and the west or the occident and the orient or the civilized and the uncivilized. This was totally an artificial boundary; and it was laid on the basis of the concept of them and us or theirs and ours. The Europeans used orientalism to define themselves. Some particular attributes were associated with the orientals, and whatever the orientals weren’t the occidents were. The Europeans defined themselves as the superior race compared to the orientals; and they justified their colonization by this concept. They said that it was their duty towards the world to civilize the uncivilized world. Said lays out an argumentation that consists of attempting to show that people of the West hold an inherent and profoundly diminutive and racist view of the Middle East. The views that Westerners...
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...allusion to only Eastern Asia, or the Orient, Orientalism is a branch of Cultural Studies, an area of literary criticism that has applications in various mediums. The school of critical theory, created by Edward Said, is applicable to novels, essays, social situations, films, and epics alike. One film, to which Orientalism is applicable, is Disney’s Pocahontas. To understand how Orientalism is applicable to a film that takes place in the Western world, far away from the Orient, a foundation detailing the components of Orientalism must be constructed. Traditionally, Orientalism’s focus is the depiction of Eastern cultures, or places considered a part of the Orient, such as India, China, and the Middle East by western writers, or writers from the Occident. Defined, Orientalism is “a style of thought based upon ontological and epistemological distinctions made between ‘the Orient’ and (most of the time) ‘the Occident’” (1867). Based upon this definition, many people “have accepted the basic distinction between the East and West as the starting point for elaborate theories, epics, novels, social descriptions and political accounts covering the Orient, its people, customs, ‘mind,’ destiny, and so on”(1867). With the acceptance of distinctions between the East and the West, came a theory of literary criticism that “deals” with the Orient. Orientalism, in short, is a “Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient” (1868). This is where the application...
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...impact of ideological and political overtones to their subject. Said: Ms. Spivak, how good it is to see you again. Spivak: Hello Mr. Said, it is a pleasure to see you also. Said: What say you Spivak, should we begin our discussion? Would you prefer to order something first? Spivak: No, nothing for me just yet, we might as well start our discussion. I am interested to hear you thoughts on this subject once again. Said: Well, you know that I have three definitions for Orientalism. The first is that anyone who teaches, writes about, or researches the Orient; in any aspect is an Orientalist. The second is that it is a style of thought based upon ontological and epistemological distinction made between the Orient (Near East and Asia) and the Occident (Western Culture). The third is that Orientalism is based as a corporate institution for dealing with the Orient. What I mean by this is that these corporations deal with the Orient by making statements about it, authorizing view of it, describing it, teaching it, settling it, ruling over it, or in short, Orientalism as a Western style for dominating, restructuring,...
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...idea of an impenetrable space that the harem was extremely desired and fantasized about. But through colonization, this revealing of men’s fantasy and mystery ultimately caused the “loss” of the harem. Further, the loss of truth in the paintings added to the loss of the harem (Grigsby, pg. 87). By “forgetting” details, the harem becomes lost in a mix of exciting colors, poetry and exotic objects. This access to the Orient, in general, originally was only through the military. But because of the steam engine, travel was greatly increased (Benjamin, pg. 14). This contributed to the decrease of desire and exclusivity of the harem. Grigsby's quote formulated this idea that the access gained by foreigners to the harem lessened the value of this space because it acted as a commodity, a space that was experienced by as many that wanted it. The harem turned into a place of commerce. Said contributes to this idea as well. He discusses the Orient's "untiring sensuality, unlimited desire" (Said, pg. 188). This parallels Grigsby's quote as it describes the Orient as a place where the "commodity" is never depleted much like an object in demand. This supports the observation of the lost harem as it suggests the overabundance and banality of the harem. Said follows this up when talking about Flaubert. Flaubert remarked, "the more you concentrate on it [in detail] the less you grasp the whole" (Said, pg. 189). Concentrating on the...
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...Baglady People often judges other peoples identity, based on their material goods, like houses and cars. They even allow their own capital affect on their own identity. To enter the Good Fortune Shopping mall, you need to have a good identity. The search for an identity is central in Baglady. In her short story, “Baglady” from 1999, A. S. Byatt writes about Daphne whose husband, Rollo, is to go on a business-trip to the Far East. Through 3'rd person narrator, she highlights identity as the theme, showing that how much, people think about their image and identity. Daphne Gulver-Robinson is married to her husband, Rollo, whom she accompanies on a business trip in the Far East. The trip they are going on to, is no a couple trip. Rollo has invited Daphne on the trip, only because he wants to portray him as a normal family, like the others on the trip. He was afraid that his colleges would think that he was odd, if she didn’t come. Because it mean so much for him, that Daphne need to go with him, it gets you thinking that there is something wrong, because it seems like it only matters how everyone thinks he's a family guy, instead of actually being a normal family guy. Daphne thinks that she is a social misfit, because of her appearance, quote from the text “She has tried to make her attractive for this jaunt and has lost ten pounds and had her hands manicured; but now she sees the other ladies, she knows it is not enough". The image and the materialistic things, as appearance...
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...In “The Range of Ideals” Okakura Kakuzō’s asserts that "Asia is one"(1). This opinion is problematic since there are no clear and logical supports for the idea. He strongly claims that Asian culture has "broad expanse of love for the Ultimate and Universal, which is the common thought-inheritance of every Asian race, enabling them to produce all the great religions in the world" and it is different from cultures of Western people "who love to dwell on the Particular, and to search out the means, not the end, of life"(1). First of all, there are no supports for Asians having "love for Ultimate and Universal" in common. If all Asian has "love for Ultimate and Universal", they wouldn't have conflicts such as First Sino-Japanese War in history....
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...phenomenon of representing an imagined, eroticized Orient through the hybrid and creative choreographies and musical soundscapes by comparing Princess Rajah’s Oriental belly dance (1904) and The Pussycat Dolls’ music video “Buttons”. Princess Rajah performed an “Oriental” belly dance and a balancing chair act at the St Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. Her act was one of many independent Orientalist dance solos inspired by contemporaneous currents in literature, painting, music, and theatre. The Princess Rajah film was recorded on Thomas Edison’s first film invention, the Kinetoscope. 159 short films were...
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...Discuss "The Other: Orientalism, Colonialism, and Children's Literature" article Answer the following questions*: 1. What is orientalism? 2. How does the author connect orientalism to children? 3. What does this tell us about the children's literature discourse community that this class is a part of? 1. “Orientalism an area of study that can be pursued only by outsiders, but what defines them as outside of their subject is, exactly, their ability to study it: "the Orientalist is outside the Orient, both as an existential and as a moral fact" Orientalism is taken the Eastern cultures and meshing them with the literature of the western culture. It is the accumulation of the two cultures creating a melting pot of the two. It is incorporating he Orient culture with Western literature. 2. Orientals are a very stable culture; they are very constant in their beliefs. To them home is the quietest safest place on earth. Their customs are very standard and they remain constant. This is a lot like children. Childhood is equally as stable. They remain generally constant in how they grow up. They have the same general constraints on how they age and the same typical problems that they go through. 3. Most of the stories contain generic problems that children have to go through on a general basis. They are the typical constraints on childhood. The Orientalism shows how you can combine the two cultures into our literature. Our discourse community is viewing the children’s literature by...
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...Persepolis is a movie about girl, Marjane and her struggle to identify her true identity within the confines of eastern and western views. Marjane and her family’s lifestyle in this film are seen to be challenging the dynamics of orientalism. Their progressive, educated and liberal outlook builds the foundation of breaking down Western’s pre conceived notions about the people of Iran. It is evidently proven by the perception, style and actions of Marjane and her family’s that the orientalist view of Iran being backwards, restricted and dogmatic is not entirely true. This film presents a convincing challenge to the concept of orientalism and it showed how the stereotypical images set by the western of the orient are not entirely correct. This is evident through the scene when Marjane is about to marry, her mother is found crying the bathroom because she is upset over the fact that her daughter is giving her life away when she wanted her to be liberated, literate and independent. This shows that even though Marjane was in an Iranian society and was forced to veil herself and follow the set of Islamic rules, the film challenges the orientalist impression of Marjane being completely suppressed or controlled in the society, which would be expected by the western audience. In fact, Marjane is seen to have a liberal and supportive family, her mother and grandmother at several instances are seen to encourage her to stand up for herself and make a future for herself by being...
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...Economic Peace with Cultural and Internal Harmony Darlene Schroeder SOC315 Cross-Cultural Perspectives (BMC1148A) Instructor: Lestine Shedrick 11/28/11 week 2 Twenty-Six Centuries of cultivating a people and a culture that have withstood the test of time would seem to make you think Japan is either economically and politically suppressed or extremely self-sufficient, politically and culturally intelligent. Just maybe they have learned all they could and are like a genius child waiting for the rest of the world around them to grow up and meet them on their level. In reading The Japanese Life and Customs as Contrasted with those of the Western World, published in the Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York, Hirai, Kinza Riugé M. describes her country as an Island Empire not yet discovered by the rest of the world. Hirai further describes both the people and the government as tolerate of outsiders and welcoming. With that being said when hundreds of thousands converted to Christianity and rebelled against the Dictatorship of the time it resulted in a bloody war inside the nation that lasted almost a year. After which a promulgation prohibiting the Gospels were made, lasting over several centuries, (Hirai, K.1894). The government felt in order to maintain peace, order, and harmony among the people and the political elites they had to act and act fast so they closed their borders and remained in seclusion toward Christian nations. Japan however...
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...Through the course of history, the West has developed several images of itself that seemingly all revolve around one ideal, its superiority. This imagined sense of self-evaluation has become apparent in several texts and can be shown in comparison to multiple different facets that surround the West. The West, using imaginary and real circumstances, envisions itself to be in a position of superiority over both nature and other civilizations. In one instance of Westerners constructing an argument for their superiority, Plato referenced the imaginary civilization of Atlantis, whose purpose was to rival Athens. Plato constructed Atlantis as the political and cultural opposite of Athens and its democratic system. In the text, Critias recounted a discussion in which Solon was told how magnificent Athens was and how “she defeated and triumphed over the invaders.” The text as a whole described Plato’s thoughts on the superiority of the Athenian society and, possibly, the repercussions of not following that way of life. Instead of acknowledging that the way in which Atlantis ruled itself could work, Atlantis ceased to exist and instead democracy was accepted as the superior form of government. This shows the close-mindedness of Western culture and its belief that its way of life is the only or, at the very least, most correct way. While they have created imaginary places, the West has also disassociated itself with real cultures in order to distance itself from the behaviors of cultures...
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...Agatha Christie MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Agatha Christie is the world’s best known mystery writer. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in 44 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her writing career spanned more than half a century, during which she wrote 79 novels and short story collections, as well as 14 plays, one of which, The Mousetrap, is the longest-running play in history. Two of the characters she created, the brilliant little Belgian Hercule Poirot and the irrepressible and relentless Miss Marple, went on to become world-famous detectives. Both have been widely dramatized in feature films and made-for-TV movies. Agatha Christie also wrote six romantic novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. As well, she wrote four nonfiction books including an autobiography and an entertaining account of the many expeditions she shared with her archaeologist husband Sir Max Mallowan. Agatha Christie died in 1976. 1 Agatha Christie MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS HarperPaperbacks by Agatha Christie MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY POSTERN OF FATE CROOKED HOUSE ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE THE CLOCKS Coming Soon THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS POIROT INVESTIGATES THE MIRROR CRACK’D ENDLESS NIGHT BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS MURDER WITH MIRRORS FUNERALS ARE FATAL...
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...Strong… Neptune Orient Lines Limited Annual Report 2011 CONteNts 6 The Most Honoured Names in Global Trade 8 NOL Group at a Glance 10 Chairman’s Message 12 Board of Directors 14 Group President and CEO’s Message 18 Management Team 20 Liner Review 23 Logistics Review 26 Source of our Strength 28 Dedicated People 29 Financial Wherewithal 30 Sound Investments 31 Superior Technology 32 Recognised Brands 33 Sustainable Operations 34 Community Spirit 36 Corporate Data 37 Corporate Governance and Summary Financial Statements & Sound NOL Group has a healthy balance sheet plus fully committed financing for investments. In the midst of an industry downturn, the Group is positioned for future growth. Leaner… A group-wide Efficiency Leadership Programme is accelerating the drive to streamline operations and improve our cost base. 2 Neptune Orient Lines Limited Annual Report 2011 Neptune Orient Lines Limited Annual Report 2011 3 & Cleaner NOL is committed to sound environmental stewardship in all its activities. Trade must be environmentally sustainable or it can’t grow to meet the needs of the global economy. Neptune Orient Lines Limited Annual Report 2011 5 The Most Honoured Names in Global Trade Best Logistics Service Provider – Sea Freight Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards Ship Operator of the Year Lloyd’s List Best Shipping Line, Asia-Europe Trade Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards Innovation IT of the Year Containerisation...
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...Agatha Christie MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Agatha Christie is the world’s best known mystery writer. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in 44 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her writing career spanned more than half a century, during which she wrote 79 novels and short story collections, as well as 14 plays, one of which, The Mousetrap, is the longest-running play in history. Two of the characters she created, the brilliant little Belgian Hercule Poirot and the irrepressible and relentless Miss Marple, went on to become world-famous detectives. Both have been widely dramatized in feature films and made-for-TV movies. Agatha Christie also wrote six romantic novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. As well, she wrote four nonfiction books including an autobiography and an entertaining account of the many expeditions she shared with her archaeologist husband Sir Max Mallowan. Agatha Christie died in 1976. 1 Agatha Christie MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS HarperPaperbacks by Agatha Christie MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY POSTERN OF FATE CROOKED HOUSE ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE THE CLOCKS Coming Soon THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS POIROT INVESTIGATES THE MIRROR CRACK’D ENDLESS NIGHT BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS MURDER WITH MIRRORS FUNERALS ARE FATAL...
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...Relational Database Management Systems Object Oriented Databases The database world is in a constant change! New techniques for concurrency control, cloud platforms, object databases, and service platforms are all being changed and talked about in the industrial and academic world. OODB has been around since the seventies when object oriented programming was first being developed. That being said; companies have only started using object oriented databases in the last ten to fifteen years. In the early 1980’s a Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation employee begins ORION. ORION is able to handle schema evolution and complex object looking. During the late 1980’s the first wave of commercial OODMS hits. In this time period we get the beginning of Graphael, which later becomes Matisse. Designed to benefit all perspectives of object oriented databases, Matisse combines native support for SQL, Object and XML all in a single database. Next we get the GemStone Systems, the earliest OODB that supports object identity, inheritance and encapsulation. On into the late 1980’s France starts the development of O2. It is C++ compatible and supports multiple inheritances. Later on Vbase was produced, which use the language COP. COP is changed into a C++ based system that supports encapsulation, ability to construct complex objects, and inheritance. (“Short History”, 2005) Once we get into the 1990’s the first standard is released, ODMG 1.0. During this time frame a common query...
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