@misc{Łuksza_Agata_(1983–_)_Time_2024,
 author={Łuksza, Agata (1983– )},
 volume={130},
 editor={Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk},
 copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license},
 address={Warszawa},
 journal={Acta Poloniae Historica},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2024},
 publisher={Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk},
 publisher={Fundacja Instytutu Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk},
 language={eng},
 abstract={In this article, I investigate Japanomania – the European and American fascination with Japan from the 1860s to the 1910s – focusing on how Western conceptions of time determined perceptions of Japanese culture. Drawing on Edward Said’s Orientalism and Stuart Hall’s conception of ‘the West’ as a historical construct, I claim that Western understandings of time were instrumental in disseminating Orientalism, framing the East as exotic, static, and timeless. The study centres on Japanomania in turn-of-the-century Warsaw, including the reception of Japanese exhibitions and theatre performances, showing that the modern concept of time was a crucial tool of Orientalism. Specifically, the idea of ‘universal’ time allowed for comparisons between cultures, positioning non-Western societies as inferior and preserving Western hierarchies and narratives. The article demonstrates how Western ideological frameworks influenced Polish cultural identities and shaped local fantasies about Japan and the Orient.},
 type={Text},
 title={Time in Service of Orientalism: The Case of Polish Japanomania at the Turn of the Twentieth Century},
 URL={http://rcin.org.pl./Content/244532/WA303_281403_A296-APH-R-130_Luksza.pdf},
 keywords={cultural hierarchy, Japanomania, japonisme, Orientalism, universal time, time - anthropological aspects, art, Japanese - Poland, art, Japanese - influence, literature, Japanese - influence, Polish literature - Japanese influences, Japonism - Poland, time perception - history},
}