Arrogance and Bias Behind Orientalism: A Case Study of On a Chinese Screen

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10.2991/assehr.k.200826.183How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Orientalism, bias, racial superiority

Abstract

When it comes to the literary works about Orientalism, Maugham’s famous travel book On a Chinese Screen will surely be mentioned. Under his work, China is shrouded in the mysterious veil of Orientalism. Why China is considered like a mystery? The reason is that mystery will satisfies western’s hunt for novelty about China. In the background of the rise of the British Empire, this series of prejudice and superiority to the images of China appear prominently in this literary work.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Junjie Ma
AU  - Wenjie Zhao
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/28
TI  - Arrogance and Bias Behind Orientalism: A Case Study of On a Chinese Screen
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 4th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 894
EP  - 896
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200826.183
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200826.183
ID  - Ma2020
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