Posted by Kristen Alvanson at Sunday, December 06, 2009
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.
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"No, 'onestly guv'nor, this is the latest in city protection equipment. They'll never get through that now will they? You can pay in installments of four llamas a month. Can't say fairer than that."
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