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Bringing a new perspective to the well-known concept of `Orientalism,' Geczy smashes the binary worlds of West and non-West ... Providing compelling world examples, he pushes readers to question ideas of identity for individuals and cultures about what is fixed, fluid, and hybrid. * Joanne B. Eicher, Editor-in-Chief, Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, and University of Minnesota, USA * Geczy is adept at sweeping into his critical vision the many manoeuvres of contemporary theory as if they are weapons to blast structuralism's straightjackets. This is a new voice that deconstructs the East/West binary in ways that return agency to those it othered. * Ian McLean, University of Melbourne, Australia * Erudite, lucid, sensitive and eloquent, the depth of Transorientalism's research is impressive ... There have been many books on cultural formations and transnational aesthetics, but none like this. [An] essential resource and highly influential text. * Melissa Chiu, Director of the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, USA *

Bringing a new perspective to the well-known concept of ‘Orientalism,’ Geczy smashes the binary worlds of West and non-West … Providing compelling world examples, he pushes readers to question ideas of identity for individuals and cultures about what is fixed, fluid, and hybrid. * Joanne B. Eicher, Editor-in-Chief, Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, and University of Minnesota, USA * Geczy is adept at sweeping into his critical vision the many manoeuvres of contemporary theory as if they are weapons to blast structuralism’s straightjackets. This is a new voice that deconstructs the East/West binary in ways that return agency to those it othered. * Ian McLean, University of Melbourne, Australia * Erudite, lucid, sensitive and eloquent, the depth of Transorientalism’s research is impressive … There have been many books on cultural formations and transnational aesthetics, but none like this. [An] essential resource and highly influential text. * Melissa Chiu, Director of the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, USA * [Transorientalism in Art, Fashion, and Film] is a sensitive and informative account of expressions of culture and identity within fashion and the arts that exemplify transorientalism. As such, it offers an important contribution to the field of fashion studies and a useful guide to the convergence culture of our time. * The Journal of Dress History *

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Adam Geczy is an artist and writer, and teaches at Sydney College of the Arts, the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author and co-author of numerous books, the most recent being The Artificial Body in Fashion and Art (Bloomsbury, 2017) and (with Vicki Karaminas) Critical Fashion Practice (Bloomsbury, 2017).

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