Decadent Orientalisms The Decay of Colonial Modernity / David Fieni.
| Author/creator | Fieni, David |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Fordham University Press, 2020. |
| Description | vii, 220 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Orientalist decadence -- French decadence, Arab awakening : figures of decay in the Nahda -- Al-shidyaq's decadent carnival -- From Dreyfus in the colony to Céline's anti-Semitic style -- Resurrecting colonial decadence in independent Algeria -- Algerian women and the invention of literary mourning -- Virtual secularization : Abdelwahab Meddeb's "walking cure" and the immigrant body in France -- Conclusion: Toward a contrapuntal double critique of colonial modernity. |
| Abstract | "Decadent Orientalisms presents a sustained critique of the ways Orientalism and decadence have formed a joint discursive mode of the imperial imagination. Rather than attending to Orientalism as a repertoire of clichés and stereotypes, Fieni reads both Western and Islamic discourses of decadence to show the diffuse, yet coherent network of institutions that have constituted Orientalism's power"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019028512 |
| ISBN | 9780823286409 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780823286393 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |