{"product_id":"the-long-shadow-of-the-19th-century-critical-essays-on-colonial-orientalism-in-southeast-asia-paperback","title":"The Long Shadow of the 19th Century: Critical Essays on Colonial Orientalism in Southeast Asia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFarish A. Noor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStamford Raffles, James Brooke, John Crawfurd and Anna Leonowens were some of those who came from Europe or the United States to Southeast Asia in the nineteenth century - and then wrote about what they saw. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir writings deserve to be read now for what they truly were: Not objective accounts of a Southeast Asia frozen in imperial time but rather as culturally myopic and perspectivist works that betray the subject-positions of the authors themselves. Reading them would allow us to write the history of the East-West encounter through critical lenses that demonstrate the workings of power-knowledge in the elaborate war-economy of racialised colonial-capitalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the tropes used by these colonial-era scholars and travellers, such as the indolence or savagery of the native population, are still very much in use today - which means we still live in the long shadow of the 19th century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 394\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134783590535,"sku":"9789672328612","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bb3c4e559d8de941ce00f3955b48d921.webp?v=1732644520","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-long-shadow-of-the-19th-century-critical-essays-on-colonial-orientalism-in-southeast-asia-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}