Persian Bedtime Stories III: I dreamed of strings and birds
Lumpen Orientalism gathers the fragments of a lost civilization, the decaying parts of a breathing animal _ the Middle East. Named after a term suggested by China Miéville, Lumpen Orientalism captures an anomalous fascination with the Middle East and Asia in a similar way to the mongrel visions of Gilles Deleuze, H. P. Lovecraft, Gaëtan Clérambault and William Beckford in order to tackle this enigmatic monstrosity.
Posted by Kristen Alvanson at Tuesday, June 17, 2008
2 comments:
I wonder if whoever wrote those stories wanted to give children nightmares....
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