Orientalism and imperialism : from nineteenth-century missionary imaginings to the contemporary Middle East /
"Using the work of Edward Said as a point of departure, this book dissects the concept of Orientalism through the lens of 19th century missionary impressions of Kurdistan. Wilcox argues that dominant interpretations of Said's work have a tendency to present Orientalism as an essentialist p...
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; A spiritual conflict; The Orientalist Critique; Imperialism: an ambiguous concept; Missionaries and their imperialist credentials; Methodology; Use of sources; 2 A Lack of Consensus; Agents of the Great Powers; Individual agents of personal conscience; Missionaries as ambiguous actors; 3 Orientalism Through a Lens; An Oriental realm of Mohammedan domination; Restoration and Essential Difference : the Orientalism of the Anglican mission
- Proselytization and Circumstantial Difference: the Orientalism of the American Presbyterian Mission; 4 Agents of Imperialism?; Cultural quarantine
- the Anglican mission; Sharing the message
- the American mission; 5 Conclusion; Summary; Impressions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
