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This document summarizes a student's presentation on the topic of Orientalism. It includes the student's name, class details, paper title, topic, and contact information. It then defines Orientalism as referring to the Arabic and Islamic world, describing it as an old civilization with differences between Western and Eastern identities that have been socially constructed rather than natural. It notes some key thinkers on Orientalism like Michel Foucault and discusses themes like the exoticization of the East and the role of media in portrayals. Early Orientalists from the 18th-19th centuries are also mentioned.
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