Discussion Post
• Why does Farish Noor compare historical records that might appear contradictory in the way that they boastfully acknowledge OR erase colonial violence in Southeast Asia?
• Mann mentions that a "domestic racism" and an "international racism" are connected. What does this mean? How did the connection between these influence suffragists' views of imperialism?
• Said says that, "The relationship between the Occident (the West) and the Orient (the East) is a relationship of power, of domination, of varying degrees of a complex hegemony..." (highlighted on p. 49)."
How do you believe that the Picture #1 (at bottom) of a Singapore port might illustrate this, alongside Said's thesis of Orientalism?
Now, look at Picture #2, which is taken by a Chinese photographer. How do you think this picture might have challenged Orientalist views of its time?
• Maryam Khalid states that: "[G]endered and orientalist identities, meanings, and images construct and organise the way we give meaning to and interpret our world, its people and events, and ‘the positions and possibiities for action within them'." and then declares that "gendered narratives in the War on Terror have also relied on the (re)production of orientalist stereotypes." Please provide (with brief explanation) two examples used by Maryam Khalid to support these statements.
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.