TY - ADVS AU - Talreja,Sanjay AU - Jhally,Sut AU - Said,Edward W. ED - Media Education Foundation. TI - Edward Said on orientalism SN - 189352146X: AV - DS12 .E39 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - Northampton, MA PB - Media Education Foundation KW - Said, Edward W. KW - Imperialism KW - East and West KW - Asia KW - Foreign public opinion, Occidental KW - Middle East KW - Study and teaching N1 - Camera, Steven McCarthy ; editor, Sanjay Talreja ; music, Ravi Shankar, Philip Glass and Stuart Dempster N2 - Edward Said's book Orientalism has been influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this interview, he talks about the context in which the book was conceived, its main themes and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient." ER -