Enlightenment Orientalism in the American Mind, 1770-1807
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| Author | : Matthew H. Pangborn |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 440 |
| Release | : 2018-09-07 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780429784347 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0429784341 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Enlightenment Orientalism in the American Mind, 1770-1807 by : Matthew H. Pangborn
Book excerpt: This study engages with the emerging field of energy humanities to provide close readings of several early American oriental-observer tales. The popular genre of orientalism offered Americans a means to critique new ideas of identity, history, and nationality accompanying protoindustrialization and a growing consumerism. The tales thus express a complex self-reflection during a time when America’s exploitation of its energy resources and its engagement in a Franco-British world-system was transforming the daily life of its citizens. The genre of the oriental observer, this study argues, offers intriguing glimpses of a nation becoming strange in the eyes of its own inhabitants.
