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Ang Mo, Ah Beng and Rojak: Singapore’s architectural orientalism

open access: yesJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2023
Edward Said in Orientalism kicked off the age of postcolonialism in a global context, which suggests not only transdisciplinary applicability but also a form of counter-discourse against the canons of Western intellectualism.
Francis Chia Hui Lin
doaj   +1 more source

Traveling Theory: The Legacy of Edward W. Said in Eastern Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This text is a pre-publication format made available for the University of Lodz online repository with the permission of the publisher, Éditions québécoises de l’oeuvre.This paper discusses the circulation of Edward W.
Nowicka, Magdalena
core  

The impacts of biological invasions

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock   +42 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender and Power Relations in David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly: The Challenge to the Binary Opposition Between the East and the West [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
David Henry Hwang’s M Butterfly tells about a French diplomat, Gallimard, who has a 20 year relationship with his Chinese lover, Song, who turns out to be a male spy.
Nurulhady, Eta Farmacelia
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Cyclodextrin‐Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Based on Formate Decomposition With Bio/Metal Catalysts

open access: yesChemistry – A European Journal, EarlyView.
Hydrogen evolution from formate with a hybrid system of enzyme, donor‐acceptor linked photocatalyst‐cyclodextrin complex (Mes‐Acr+‐CD) and platinum nanoparticle is reported. The use of CD as a dispersant for Mes‐Acr+ is a perfect strategy to enhance photocatalytic activity in aqueous solution without deactivation of the enzyme.
Shintaro Yoshikawa, Yutaka Amao
wiley   +1 more source

Orientalisms in the interpretation of Islamic philosophy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
In this paper, I argue that Edward Said’s central thesis in Orientalism has a direct explanatory role to play in our understanding of the work produced in at least one area of scholarship about the Arab and Islamic worlds, namely Arab-Islamic philosophy ...
Khalidi, Muhammad Ali
core   +1 more source

Dual‐Molten‐Salt Etching Strategy Enables Built‐in Electric Field in Mo‐MXene/NiFeSe Heterostructure for Superior OER Performance

open access: yesENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
A dual‐molten‐salt etching strategy was employed to construct a built‐in electric field in the Mo‐MXene/NiFeSe heterostructure to achieve excellent oxygen evolution reaction. Transition metal selenides have emerged as potential catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction, yet their practical implementation faces two fundamental challenges: irreversible
Zuliang Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘They Called Them Communists Then … What D'You Call ‘Em Now? … Insurgents?’. Narratives of British Military Expatriates in the Context of the New Imperialism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper addresses the question of the extent to which the colonial past provides material for contemporary actors' understanding of difference. The research from which the paper is drawn involved interview and ethnographic work in three largely white ...
Becky Taylor   +21 more
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Edward Said's Orientalism and the Representation of Oriental Women in George Orwell's Burmese Days

open access: yes, 2015
Edward Said's groundbreaking text, Orientalism is a contrapuntal reading of imperial discourse about the non-Western Other. It indcates that the Western intellectual is in the service of the hegemonic culture.
Ensieh Shabanirad, S. M. Marandi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

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