GEOG 3600 Lecture 4: lec 4
9 Mar 2017
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Orientalist ideas & characteristics will help for assignment. Features of orientalism" (words/images we see when we think something has oriental layer to it) Assumes middle eastern individuals are dangerous, unsafe, savage. Grouping all things asian" into 1 category ex: food, music. West" is center asia is other": no people, did not show poverty or poor side, traditional (colourful clothing, food, exotic (beautiful), decedent (gold, wealth, represents asia thru the westernized view come here and experience. Thailand the way we do when we travel there in luxury . Geog*3600: peppercorn was counted per peppercorn, very valuable. Important to see most of these spices came to europe from east: east labelled middle east as the orient, other. Interested in seeing the feature of early global trade played role in early orientalism: not just ideas, also material process (ideas shaped trade and control of natural resources led to colonialism)
