Orientalist motifs in Freya Stark’s the southern gates of Arabia : a journey in the Hadhramaut
Other Title(s)
الموتيفات الاستشراقية في كتاب فريا ستارك : البوابات الجنوبية للجزيرة العربية : رحلة في حضرموت
Joint Authors
Ba Zurays, Rasha Said
Bilkhashar, Khalid Yaslam
Source
Hadhramout University Journal of Humanities
Issue
Vol. 13, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2016), pp.397-405, 9 p.
Publisher
Hadhramout University Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research
Publication Date
2016-06-30
Country of Publication
Yemen
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This paper queries the Orientalist motifs in Freya Stark’s The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in theHadhramaut (1936).
This travelogue deals basically with one place, namely Hadhramaut in South Arabia,in the third decade of the 20th century.
The book narrates the pioneering journey(s) of the British woman in the will-be- British protectorate and her sense of supremacy and highly-elevated pride of the British colonial civilization.
It will be examined in terms of the whites’ “Othering” the people of Hadhramaut via the lens of Edward Said’s theory in Orientalism (1978) and some other related concepts.
The travelogue, as it will be argued, is within the colonial processes of claiming ontological stability and/or of “manufacturing” the other through the production of epistemological traditional clichés for the purpose of hegemony and domination.The paper concludes that unveiling the masks of the British nomad reveals stereotypical portraits of others as being ignorant, exotic, uncivilized, “subaltern”, filthy, and savage.
Consequently, it is a typical colonial text that reveals the “white man’s burden” to advocate the civilizing enlightening mission in this mysterious land, the sole property of the Great Empire.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bilkhashar, Khalid Yaslam& Ba Zurays, Rasha Said. 2016. Orientalist motifs in Freya Stark’s the southern gates of Arabia : a journey in the Hadhramaut. Hadhramout University Journal of Humanities،Vol. 13, no. 1, pp.397-405.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1005129
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bilkhashar, Khalid Yaslam& Ba Zurays, Rasha Said. Orientalist motifs in Freya Stark’s the southern gates of Arabia : a journey in the Hadhramaut. Hadhramout University Journal of Humanities Vol. 13, no. 1 (Jun. 2016), pp.397-405.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1005129
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bilkhashar, Khalid Yaslam& Ba Zurays, Rasha Said. Orientalist motifs in Freya Stark’s the southern gates of Arabia : a journey in the Hadhramaut. Hadhramout University Journal of Humanities. 2016. Vol. 13, no. 1, pp.397-405.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1005129
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 404
Record ID
BIM-1005129