The Exotic
Download or Read eBook The Exotic PDF written by Dorothy Matilda Figueira and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Dorothy Matilda Figueira |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0791416291 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780791416297 |
Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Exotic by : Dorothy Matilda Figueira
Book excerpt: Figueira (comparative literature, U. of Illinois) identifies how the Gadamerian concept of prejudice in the form of specific exotic clichTs elucidates the dynamics of exoticism, while tracing Sanskrit studies in the West, focusing on 19th-century German, French, and English scholarship and also touching on 20th-century associations between Indo-Ger