Posted by Kristen Alvanson at Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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.
2 comments:
I lost my heart in Jakarta, lost it amongst KFC and baskets and bin-liner blackness. "This is my kind of Asiatic junkyard. Makes me feel right at home."
Greetings,
Really strong statement.
Regards
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