Nordic Orientalism
Oxfeldt, Elisabeth![Nordic Orientalism](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/401/4019876/CHSBZCOP034019876.jpg)
This book explores the appropriation of Oriental imagery within Danish and Norwegian 19th century nation-building. The project queries Edward Said's binary notion of Orientalism and posits a more complex model describing how European counties on the periphery -- Denmark and Norway -- imported oriental imagery from France to position themselves, not against their colonial Other, but in relation to central European nations. Examining Nordic Orie...