Black and white memories: re-inscription of visual orientalism in embroideries

In the aftermath of the tragedies of 9/11, the West began to represent the East in a darker way. The western mass media, and the art and literary markets are riddled with visual discourses that consolidate the stereotypical representation of the Orient. One of these visual discourses which strengt...

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Main Authors:	Jelodar, Esmaeil Zeiny, Noraini Md Yusof
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Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2014
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7739/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7739/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7739/1/6313-18846-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-77392016-12-14T06:45:02Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7739/ Black and white memories: re-inscription of visual orientalism in embroideries Jelodar, Esmaeil Zeiny Noraini Md Yusof, In the aftermath of the tragedies of 9/11, the West began to represent the East in a darker way. The western mass media, and the art and literary markets are riddled with visual discourses that consolidate the stereotypical representation of the Orient. One of these visual discourses which strengthen the stereotypes is the portrayals of Eastern women. Almost without exception, the whole mass media use images of eastern veiled women either as victim or lecherous to bolster its East/West demarcation. These sorts of images can be found in some contemporary Muslim women’s works as well. By examining the history of visual orientalism and by studying Marjane Satrapi’s Embroideries (2005), we argue that discourses such as Satrapi’s re-inscribe the visual Orientalism by representing the cliché and stereotypical images of women. Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7739/1/6313-18846-1-PB.pdf Jelodar, Esmaeil Zeiny and Noraini Md Yusof, (2014) Black and white memories: re-inscription of visual orientalism in embroideries. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 20 (3). pp. 63-78. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/index
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description	In the aftermath of the tragedies of 9/11, the West began to represent the East in a darker way. The western mass media, and the art and literary markets are riddled with visual discourses that consolidate the stereotypical representation of the Orient. One of these visual discourses which strengthen the stereotypes is the portrayals of Eastern women. Almost without exception, the whole mass media use images of eastern veiled women either as victim or lecherous to bolster its East/West demarcation. These sorts of images can be found in some contemporary Muslim women’s works as well. By examining the history of visual orientalism and by studying Marjane Satrapi’s Embroideries (2005), we argue that discourses such as Satrapi’s re-inscribe the visual Orientalism by representing the cliché and stereotypical images of women.
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author_facet	Jelodar, Esmaeil Zeiny Noraini Md Yusof,
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title	Black and white memories: re-inscription of visual orientalism in embroideries
title_short	Black and white memories: re-inscription of visual orientalism in embroideries
title_full	Black and white memories: re-inscription of visual orientalism in embroideries
title_fullStr	Black and white memories: re-inscription of visual orientalism in embroideries
title_full_unstemmed	Black and white memories: re-inscription of visual orientalism in embroideries
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publisher	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
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Black and white memories: re-inscription of visual orientalism in embroideries

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