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Transorientalism in Art, Fashion, and Film - Inventions of Identity (Paperback)
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Transorientalism in Art, Fashion, and Film - Inventions of Identity (Paperback)
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Combining transnationalism and exoticism, transorientalism is the
new orientalism of the age of globalization. With its roots in
earlier times, it is a term that emphasizes alteration, mutation,
and exchange between cultures. While the familiar orientalisms
persist, transorientalism is a term that covers notions like the
adoption of a hat from a different country for Turkish nationalist
dress, the fact that an Italian could be one of the most
influential directors in recent Chinese cinema, that Muslim women
artists explore Islamic womanhood in non-Islamic countries, that
artists can embrace both indigenous and non-indigenous identity at
the same time. This is more than nostalgia or bland nationalism. It
is a reflection of the effect that communication and representation
in recent decades have brought to the way in which national
identity is crafted and constructed-yet this does not make it any
less authentic. The diversity of race and culture, the manner in
which they are expressed and transacted, are most evident in art,
fashion, and film. This much-needed book offers a refreshing,
informed, and incisive account of a paradigm shift in the ways in
which identity and otherness is moulded, perceived, and portrayed.
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