Reassessing the Contemporary Exotic: Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Contested Form of Cultural Representation (HARC Symposium), Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK.

  • Mary Jean Chan (Speaker)

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Reassessing the Contemporary Exotic: Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Contested Form of Cultural Representation
This interdisciplinary symposium aims to shift the terms of the debate around exoticism beyond dominant scholarly discourses such as (neo-)Orientalism and (neo-)imperialism by bringing it into dialogue with alternative frameworks, notably cultural cosmopolitanism, cultural translation, globalisation and hybridity. Drawing on research expertise from across the College and including staff, creative practitioners and PGR students, the symposium encourages new critical approaches to analysing intercultural encounters and their cultural representations.

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Period30 Nov 2016
Event typeOther
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