At a crucial and timely moment in the history of relations between the West and Islam, Orientalism provides the context and background for understanding where the fault-lines of this fraught relationship lie.
* An important topical reprise of the critical debate about western images and stereotypes of the Arab world and Islam. * Provides essential background to understanding this part of the world and offers a brief history of the debate regarding orientalism, as defined by Said and others.
The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern
A layman's guide to art history free from bogged down, convoluted theories provides the reader with a basic working knowledge of art and its influence on society, from ancient times to today.
This sweeping history of the Serbian people starts with the settlement of the Slavs on the Balkan Peninsula in the seventh century and ends with the dissolution of Yugoslavia at the end of the twentieth century.
Persian portraits: A sketch of Persian history, literature and politics
For the Oriental scholar, or for persons well versed in Oriental literature, this book has not been written. A very hasty perusal of it will show them that it contains nothing new, and may be * taken as read,' a form frequently adopted in the case of reports at public meetings. But there are many people in this country who know little, and care less, about Oriental literature generally, and Persian literature particularly.
One of the many recurrent motifs in the book is the portrayal of ships. This alludes to Noah's Ark — the subject of the first chapter — which plays a dominant role in the Abrahamic religions as an example of God's judgment. The woodworm who narrates the first Chapter questions the wisdom of appointing Noah as God's representative.
