An Orientalism reflection on American comic & series: Moon Knight

In ۱۹۷۸ Edward Said published his book and added a pejorative meaning to Orientalism. He argued thatWestern scholarship on East projected the notion of an inferior ‘other’ of Europe and thus reflected the newrelationships of power generated by imperialism. He saw this concept as a style of “thought” based on anontological and epistemological distinction between the Orient and the Occident. In postcolonial world, thisview has found its way to the field of media and movies. So all the power relations of colonial era and analogworld can be regenerated in the post-colonial, digital world with the help of different contents likeanimations and movies. In this study, the American comic and TV series Moon Knight (۲۰۲۲) was chosenand contrasts of the East and the West were analyzed. In this story London and Cairo are symbols ofOccident and Other and elements of characters, music, costumes and settings were considered. It is obviousthat Orientalism does exist in the digital world and now the dichotomy of subject/object is reproducing bywestern heroes.

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Orientalism , Film studies , West , Egypt , Postcolonial studies , Media , Digital world