Friday, September 14, 2007
Orientalism
I found this image while searching in google images for samurai. Like others have already said, I think it shows the idea that women are exotic as well wear very little clothing. The woman in the picture is also very mysterious looking, as she is alone in nature on a mountain carrying only her two swords.
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My brother has a few video games that I have seen him play with exotic looking women like the picture Helen has posted. However it is interesting that in video games, it seems that all women, whether from the East or West, are portrayed as such. I think that the world as a whole, groups women together and assumes that all of them will be tall, slender, beautiful, and scantily clad. But I agree with everyone else in the respect that it seems Eastern women are the target of most of these stereotypes.
This image is a contrast to mine in which two women lie topless on luxurious animal skins and are waited on. In this image the women while still a sex symbol fits in more with the stereotype of the warrior training in the mystical hilltops. Both images portray eastern women as mysterious creatures, which is meant to add to their appeal.
Not only her exotic outfit, but the background of the game is very orientalistic. The tall mountain, and the temple built on that riskily. The top of the mountain with clouds makes the woman and the game more mysterious.
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