auto-Orientalism

English

Examples

Exaggerated Japanese beliefs in bushidō (the "way of the samurai") and other exoticized Western perspectives on Japan

Etymology

Compound of auto- +‎ Orientalism.

Noun

auto-Orientalism (usually uncountable, plural auto-Orientalisms)

  1. The adoption of orientalist perspectives by a culture towards itself.
    Many Eastern countries experience auto-Orientalism, by which their people participate in existing Western exaggerations and fantasies concerning their culture and customs.
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