{"product_id":"decadent-orientalisms-the-decay-of-colonial-modernity-paperback","title":"Decadent Orientalisms: The Decay of Colonial Modernity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Fieni\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDecadent Orientalisms\u003c\/i\u003e presents a sustained critique of the ways Orientalism and decadence have formed a joint discursive mode of the imperial imagination. Attentive to historical and literary configurations of language, race, religion, and power, Fieni shows the importance of understanding Western discourses of Eastern decline and obsolescence together with Arab and Islamic responses in which the language of decadence returns as a characteristic of the West. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking seriously Edward Said's claim that Orientalism is a \"style of having power,\" Fieni works historically through the aesthetic and ideological effects of Orientalist style, showing how it is at once comparative, descriptive, and performative. Orientalism, the book argues, relies upon decadence as the figure through which its positivist scientific claims become redistributed as speech acts--\"truths\" that establish dominance. Rather than attending to Orientalism as a repertoire of clichés and stereotypes, \u003ci\u003eDecadent Orientalisms\u003c\/i\u003e considers the systemic epistemological consequences of the diffuse, yet coherent network of institutions that have constituted Orientalism's power.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"David Fieni's \u003ci\u003eDecadent Orientalisms\u003c\/i\u003e makes several important and timely contributions to the fields of postcolonial, French and Francophone studies, and Middle East studies. Thoroughly researched and written in a vivid, engaging, and accessible style, the book will be of interest to students and scholars working in a range of fields.\"--Olivia C. Harrison, University of Southern California\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rather than a one-sided account of orientalism or counter-orientalism, \u003ci\u003eDecadent Orientalisms\u003c\/i\u003e provides a rich model of comparativism. The book will be an important contribution to ongoing debates about comparative and world literature as well as to nineteenth- and twentieth-century Arabic and French literary studies.\"--Madeleine Dobie, Columbia University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDecadent Orientalisms\u003c\/i\u003e presents a sustained critique of the ways Orientalism and decadence have formed a joint discursive mode of the imperial imagination. Attentive to historical and literary configurations of language, race, religion, and power, Fieni shows the importance of understanding Western discourses of Eastern decline and obsolescence together with Arab and Islamic responses in which the language of decadence returns as a characteristic of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking seriously Edward Said's claim that Orientalism is a \"style of having power,\" Fieni works historically through the aesthetic and ideological effects of Orientalist style, showing how it is at once comparative, descriptive, and performative. Orientalism, the book argues, relies upon decadence as the figure through which its positivist scientific claims become redistributed as speech acts--\"truths\" that establish dominance. Rather than attending to Orientalism as a repertoire of clichés and stereotypes, \u003ci\u003eDecadent Orientalisms\u003c\/i\u003e considers the systemic epistemological consequences of the diffuse, yet coherent network of institutions that have constituted Orientalism's power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Fieni \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor of French at the State University of New York, Oneonta. He is the translator of Laurent Dubreuil's \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Language: Toward a Critique of (Post)colonial Expression\u003c\/i\u003e (Cornell).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Fieni \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor of French at the State University of New York, Oneonta. He is the translator of Laurent Dubreuil's \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Language: Toward a Critique of (Post)colonial Expression\u003c\/i\u003e (Cornell).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53274530447667,"sku":"9780823286393","price":73.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/tx0jO1-nRp9780823286393.webp?v=1776896452","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/decadent-orientalisms-the-decay-of-colonial-modernity-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}