Culture and Imperialism

Name: Culture and Imperialism
Author: Edward Said

by Edward Said

How imperial powers justified dominion through cultural narratives and representations

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Edward Said

Palestinian-American literary critic and intellectual whose Orientalism founded postcolonial studies by analyzing how Western representations of the East serve imperial power. Culture and Imperialism extended this analysis to the novel. He was also a classical pianist and music critic.

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