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The Homeland of Stereotypes

open access: yesK@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature, 2019
Following the trenchant critique of orientalism, orientalist discourse has employed complex strategies to create ambivalent non- Western stereotypes. The earlier fixed oriental characters are often discarded; they are instead accorded certain amounts of ...
Hossein Keramatfar
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First record of Biromiris from the Oriental region, with a new species from Philippines (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae)

open access: yesZooKeys, 2017
The unique genus Biromiris Schuh is recognized from the Oriental region for the first time, with the description of a new species, Biromiris tomokunii sp. n., from the Philippines.
Ram Keshari Duwal   +2 more
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Oriental Nose Occidentalization and Perinasal Shaping by Augmentation of the Underdeveloped Anterior Nasal Spine

open access: yesPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2014
Background: Augmentation of an underdeveloped anterior nasal spine (ANS) occidentalizes the Oriental nasal shape. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of ANS augmentation using an injectable filler, assessing volumetric changes with ...
Yohei Tanaka, MD, PhD
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Bird images in the mosaics of Late Antique basilicas in the town of Sandanski (Blagoevgrad Region, SW Bulgaria)

open access: yesHistoria Naturalis Bulgarica, 2020
This paper presents and analyses for the first time all data on bird images of two Late Antique basilicas of the Roman period (5th–6th c. AD) in the town of Sandanski (SW Bulgaria).
Zlatozar Boev
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Contributions to the taxonomy of Neotropical Cyparium Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae), with the description of five new species

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2022
The genus Cyparium Erichson, 1845 (Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae, Cypariini) comprises 55 species, distributed mainly in the Neotropical and Oriental regions.
Elisa von Groll, Cristiano Lopes-Andrade
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The Dialectics of Oriental Images in American Trade Cards [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
A late nineteenth-century trade card, or a color-printed circulating advertisement, touts Shepherd and Doyle\u27s new Celluloid waterproof collars, cuffs and shirt bosoms (Fig.
Kim, Sue J.
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Two Oriental Images of Istanbul: Robbe-Grillet’s L’Immortelle and Erksan’s Time to Love

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Turkish Studies, 2018
This essay aims at comparing Alain Robbe-Grillet’s L’Immortelle (1963) and Metin Erksan’s Time to Love (1966) in terms of their depiction of Istanbul that holds a central place within both films’ plots.
Aslı Daldal
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Dragons in the Drawing Room: Chinese Embroideries in British Homes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Chinese embroideries have featured in British domestic interiors since at least the seventeenth century. However, Western imperial interests in China during the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century created a particular set of meanings around ...
Baker Muriel   +7 more
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“I dreamed that everyone is a poet there...” Images of Japan in Russian the Poetry of the Silver Age

open access: yesЕжегодник Япония, 2022
Eastern motifs permeate the entire body of Russian Literature. These motifs not only transform many works of Russian Literature into Oriental novelettes and stories, poems and ballads, but reach into the very heart of poetic vision, transmitting poetic ...
E. Diakonova
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Psychophysical study of image orientation perception [PDF]

open access: yesSpatial Vision, 2003
The experiment reported here investigates the perception of orientation of color photographic images. A collection of 1000 images (mix of professional photos and consumer snapshots) was used in this study. Each image was examined by at least five observers and shown at varying resolutions.
Jiebo, Luo   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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