Transorientalism in Art, Fashion, and Film: Inventions of Identity

by Adam Geczy

Book Overview

Combining transnationalism and exoticism, transorientalism is the new orientalism of the age of globalization. With its roots in earlier times, it is a term that emphasizes alteration, mutation, and exchange between cultures.
While the familiar orientalisms persist, transorientalism is a term that covers notions like the adoption of a hat from a different country for Turkish nationalist dress, the fact that an Italian could be one of the most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350175331
• ISBN13: 9781350175334
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"