Orientalism's dream of not getting enough sleep

Moriah 2022-04-20 09:01:40

The semi-illiterate and lonely boy pig's feet who left the mother body of Western civilization came to a cultural exotic (the Indian tribe in the western United States/the holy city of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula/the muddy country during the Meiji Restoration, please bring it in casually), he is the He must not speak the local language, and he probably doesn't have much knowledge or interest in the local culture. He has a bitter and bitter look on his face, and is out of tune with the surrounding environment-until he meets an exotic (English) "exotic" better captures the essence of the word) local girls.
Seeing this girl, the boy's feet would definitely approach her and start a conversation with her in a bad foreign language. No matter how uncivilized this place is, the girl will definitely smile and respond with a very slippery English: "I can speak English." There will be no grammatical errors or even a local accent, which makes people a little suspicious that she is a Immigration to the United States. The male pig's feet must have been smiling, as if seeing a fellow villager, and stammered, "You can speak English? Great!" At this moment, the female pig's feet also began to separate from the cultural background she originally belonged to.
But generally speaking, this girl must have other suitors (local), or simply married (it can be seen that French culture has a great influence on the entire Western culture). Although there are many strategies that can be adopted in the face of a rival in love, the local suitor will not adopt the strategy of being gentle and gentle towards the opponent, and being more attentive and gentle towards the girl. He will definitely tear his face out of anger at the first moment, like a native turtle who has never seen the world or a rival in love, and his first temper must have been spread on this female pig's feet - he represents non-Western culture A series of pre-industrial diseases, including discrimination and possessiveness against women, hatred of the Western world, etc. This is the male pig's foot. Of course, he will jump out and say: "You cannot treat her like that!" The girl will show helplessness about her own destiny and say: "You shouldn't get involved. Just go!" The male villain must be vicious Say: "Who the f**k are you? It's none of your business, stranger/American/Westerner!" No matter how the conflict develops later, this male pig's foot who represents Western progress, Mutian's enthusiasm, and the concept of equality between men and women must be It will capture the heart of the female pig's feet, and the female pig's feet will happily snuggle up in the arms of this outsider and go home to see the parents, but they cannot see the grief of leaving the cultural matrix - this kind of grief belongs to the grief left in this backward mother. The male villain who fell to the ground panting and watching the two of them leave with an embarrassed expression.
Edward Said defined the cultural phenomenon of "Orientalism" as "the study of the East has a negative connotation, the accumulation of knowledge, institutions and political/economic policies in the 'West' over a long period of time. A kind of thinking that assumes and constructs the 'Oriental' as heterogeneous, divisive and 'othering'. In some radical works, the Orient is even considered the opposite of the West; the so-called 'They' are represented as The opposite of 'We' (Us)." The East is only a certain support of the West, and authenticity is secondary. Therefore, the main entrance of the Forbidden City is opened to tourists for the first time, allowing children to file in and touch the door. It is said that it "brings good luck".
In this regard, the significance of "Dances with Wolves" is too advanced - the heroine is actually a white man who grew up in an Indian village, and the hero finally learned to speak Indian language.
I remembered participating in public welfare activities in college, and went to a village in Guangdong with a few American classmates to visit the local elderly. Those old people can only speak Cantonese and can't understand Mandarin. I was embarrassed for a long time, and basically gave up communicating with them in words, and turned to play ping pong and chess with them. What amazes me is that American classmates actually speak and chat with them in English very seriously. They talk to them all afternoon, and they even say to me: "You should talk to them. Look at us, we do not even speak Mandarin. !" with a proud look on his face.
When I think of a story I heard before, I always thought it was a very real story: a Japanese student and an African student got on well during their studies at Peking University, but they couldn't speak each other's language, so they slowly learned from each other. language. After they finished their studies, the two broke up.
America deserves to be a country of immigrants, everyone is so optimistic about bridging cultural barriers - all you need is a local girl who speaks English.

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  • Robert 2022-03-21 09:01:47

    1. The Chinese people are actually not good at making troubles 2. Beijing is also the capital of a country, why does it still look like the early 1990s 3. When you see the streets and alleys of Beijing, you are so friendly 4. These children are at least 15 years old, why? Still wearing a red scarf

  • Sophia 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    I don't know what I'm talking about, I just filmed it for foreigners to see. Foreigners see it with relish.

The Karate Kid quotes

  • [last lines]

    Master Li: [on-screen subtitles] Finish him!

  • Sherry Parker: [telling Dre he needs to practice his Mandarin by talking to the Asian man next to them] Ask him. Go ahead. Ask him "what's your name" and "how are you?" Do it now.

    Dre Parker: [reluctantly] Ni hao ma? Ni jiao shenme mujima?

    Dude from Detroit: Dude, I'm from Detroit.

    Dre Parker: Oh. Uh... wassup?