Turtle Island

From Turtle Island to Gaza

By: Yildiz Subuk, Peak Associate Content warning: mentions of genocide and residential schools. Orientalism by Edward Said, published in 1978, examines the way western society views “the Orient,” which was known as South Asia, East Asia, and the Middle East. Said was a Palestinian scholar, an outspoken activist, and writer on western denial of Palestinian statehood. Said gave prominence to the field of postcolonialism, which reclaims the history and agency of oppressed people and critiques the enduring impact of colonial rule. His book critiques western works of literature and art by highlighting how they perpetuate stereotypes about non-western cultures, and…

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