orientalized
Given Asian styling
Orientalized means made to seem Eastern or exotic in a way that reflects Western stereotypes about Asia and the Middle East.
The term carries critical weight, suggesting the subject has been filtered through a romanticized or condescending Western gaze: The film's orientalized depiction of Japan frustrated critics.
Often used in academic and postcolonial discourse.
Fetishizing perceived foreignness
- otheringViewing as fundamentally different
- mystificationDeliberate creation of confusion
- romanticizationPortraying as more appealing
- fetishizationIrrational reverence for something
stereotyping · caricature · misrepresentation · chinoiserie · orientalism · exoticism · mystique · tokenism
Western art imitating Eastern design
- arabesqueFlowing ornamental design
- pagodaTiered Asian temple tower
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- porcelainTranslucent fired clay
lacquerware · bamboo · lotus · mandala · calligraphy · kimono · turban · lantern
Wrongful taking of entrusted assets
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- pasticheImitative artistic tribute
- kitschTasteless, garish art
colonialism · imperialism · ethnocentrism · borrowing · plundering · co-optation · decontextualization · commercialization
Expressed verbally, past tense
- postcolonialismStudy of imperial aftermath
- orientalismInterest in Eastern aesthetics
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- othernessQuality of being unlike
representation · hegemony · subaltern · binary · imperialism · critique · deconstruction · essentialism
Thing of mixed parentage
- blendedMixed into uniformity
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- interculturalBetween different cultures
- syncreticCombining disparate traditions
amalgamated · cosmopolitan · eclectic · transnational · globalized · multicultural · mixed · composite
exoticization
Fetishizing perceived foreignness
- otheringViewing as fundamentally different
- mystificationDeliberate creation of confusion
- romanticizationPortraying as more appealing
fetishization · stereotyping · caricature · misrepresentation · chinoiserie · orientalism · exoticism · mystique · tokenism · inauthenticity
chinoiserie
Western art imitating Eastern design
porcelain · lacquerware · bamboo · lotus · mandala · calligraphy · kimono · turban · lantern · screen
misappropriation
Wrongful taking of entrusted assets
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- pasticheImitative artistic tribute
kitsch · colonialism · imperialism · ethnocentrism · borrowing · plundering · co-optation · decontextualization · commercialization · trivialization
Said
Expressed verbally, past tense
- postcolonialismStudy of imperial aftermath
- orientalismInterest in Eastern aesthetics
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
otherness · representation · hegemony · subaltern · binary · imperialism · critique · deconstruction · essentialism · reductionism
hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
- blendedMixed into uniformity
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- interculturalBetween different cultures
syncretic · amalgamated · cosmopolitan · eclectic · transnational · globalized · multicultural · mixed · composite · intermingled
orientalizeddecolonized
Freed from colonial rule
authentic · unmediated · indigenous · native · genuine