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S/LI/556. An examination of the stereotypes generated regarding the “other”

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2011
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This paper examines the concept of the “other” and aims to identify the stereotypes that have been generated. The “other” is described as a place isolated from European progress. The paper examines the “other” in relation to films and novels. Novels like Confessions of a thug by Philip Meadows Taylor and Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert are evaluated, and films like India Jones And The Temple Of Doom. Themes like sex, violence and education are analysed.

 

KEYWORDS: India Jones And The Temple Of Doom, Confessions of a thug, Salammbo, Gustave Flaubert, Philip Meadows Taylor, the other, sex, violence, education,

 
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