Uncover Orientalism
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Which term did Edward Said develop to describe how Europeans portray the orient as inferior, uncivilised, and strange?

  • Fanaticism
  • Stereotyping
  • Exoticism
  • Orientalism (correct)
  • What does the term 'the orient' refer to?

  • The setting of the sun in the west
  • The rising of the sun in the east (correct)
  • The North Pole
  • The equator
  • How can orientalism be understood?

  • As Eastern-ism or stereotyping of the East (correct)
  • As the rising of the sun in the west
  • As the superiority of the East
  • As Western-ism or stereotyping of the West
  • What does orientalism authorize and justify?

    <p>The assertion of Western power over the East</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does orientalism distort and exaggerate?

    <p>Cultural and religious differences</p> Signup and view all the answers

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