(Before digging into this, I’m not going to pretend I’m not an ignorant Orientalist. I have been for most of my life, and I’m listening and reading to overcome this racism. Just because I’m “an Oriental” doesn’t mean I am not Orientalist. -jk)
Orientalism explained through Western ideas of what Eastern music sounds like.
A simplified explanation.
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A long video that explain Orientalism before Said, and then introduces Said.
Criticism of gaps in Said’s theory, by Vivek Chibber and Bashi Abu-Manneh. Specifically, a criticism of how race-based and nationalism has overtaken class-based analysis, since the 1990s.
One year of Israel’s war on Gaza: Key moments since October 7 – Al Jazeera
This is a wild set of related articles on Vice.
