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(2002) Privileging difference, Dordrecht, Springer.

Said

Catherine Belsey

pp. 35-51

The words for "Orient" and "Occident" come from Latin words for sun rising (oriens) and sun setting (occidens). By nature orient and occident are relative to the positioning of the observer;the Japanese watch the sun rise in the east from the direction of Los Angeles.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4039-0704-2_4

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Belsey, C. (2002)., Said, in C. Belsey (ed.), Privileging difference, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 35-51.

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