english: “...Orientalism, therefore, is not an airy European fantasy about the Orient, but a created body of theory and practice in which, for many generations, there has been considerable material investment.” - Edward Said, Orientalism, p.
non_english: “...Orientalism, therefore, is not an airy European fantasy about the Orient, but a created body of theory and practice in which, for many generations, there has been considerable material investment.” - Edward Said, Orientalism, p. 6 "...L'orientalismo, quindi, non è solo una fantasia inventata dagli europei sull'Oriente, quanto piuttosto un corpus teorico e pratico nel quale, nel corso di varie generazioni, è stato effettuato un imponente investimento materiale." - Edward Said, Orientalism, p.