Gender as the UnSaid: Exploring the Interstices in Edward Said’s Orientalism

Chantal Zabus

doi:10.4312/an.55.1-2.209-222

Authors

Chantal Zabus University Sorbonne Paris Nord, France

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/an.55.1-2.209-222

Keywords:

Edward Said, gender, orientalism, sexuality

Abstract

This article explores the textual and geographical interstices in Edward Said’s foundational text, Orientalism (1978; “Afterword” 1995) as well as some aspects of the post-Orientalist legacy. By focusing on the representation of women, sexual dissidents and gender outlaws as part of the “UnSaid,” I aim to demonstrate that these interstitial spaces dissolve the Saidian East/West binaries.

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