Transorientalism in Art, Fashion, and Film by Adam Geczy

Transorientalism in Art, Fashion, and Film by Adam Geczy

Author:Adam Geczy
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781350060166
Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
Published: 2018-10-31T16:00:00+00:00


Figure 30 Chinese actors Wu Tao (centre) and Joan Chen (right) on the set of The Last Emperor, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987. Photo by CHRISTOPHE D YVOIRE/Sygma via Getty Images.

The Western fascination with the “Orient” in such instances, might not be merely the result of a fetishistic curiosity or xenophobic projection, although those attitudes can be detected in certain texts and films. Rather, it might stem from the uncanny realization that one’s own culture is a mosaic of fragments that arrived, once upon a time, from elsewhere.31



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