Recitazione

Edward Said

Altri nomi: Edward Wadie Saïd, إدوارد وديع سعيد, Idwārd Wadīʿ Saʿīd

Data di nascita

1 novembre 1935

Data di morte

24 settembre 2003

(morto a 67 anni)

Luogo di nascita

Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine

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Biografia

Edward Wadie Said (1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian and American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of post-colonial studies. As a cultural critic, Said is best known for his book Orientalism (1978), a foundational text which critiques the cultural representations that are the bases of Orientalism—how the Western world perceives the Orient. His model of textual analysis transformed the academic discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle Eastern studies.