Orientalism and Occidentalism in contemporary China: The depiction of westerners, Han Chinese and Minority Ethnicities in “Foreigner in China”

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Asian Studies (60 EC) (MA)

Visser, Rinske (2022)

Orientalism and Occidentalism in contemporary China: The depiction of westerners, Han Chinese and Minority Ethnicities in “Foreigner in China”

Master thesis | Asian Studies (60 EC) (MA)

The growing tide of nationalism in the People's Republic of China had increased the need to gain insight into discourses around national identity. This thesis analyses the Chinese self through its depiction in the CCTV-series "Foreigner in China". Through its depiction of both foreigners and minority ethnicities living in the PRC and its implicit comparison to the Chinese 'self', the series appears to align closely to the division of traits as originally described in Said's "Orientalism". The Chinese self, therefore, is constructed by mirroring itself both with an Occidental other, the foreigner, and an Oriental other, the minorities depicted in the series.

Author: Visser, Rinske

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation: Politics, Society and Economy of Asia

Supervisors: Paskaleva, E.

ECTS Credits: 15

Language: en

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Orientalism and Occidentalism in contemporary China: The depiction of westerners, Han Chinese and Minority Ethnicities in “Foreigner in China”