The Piano addresses racial tensions in a more nuanced manner than it does gender politics.
The common stereotype of the “Impossible White Man” usually depicts a white male protagonist who is exceedingly gifted, extremely clever, or extraordinarily fortunate, and who consistently succeeds.
Philosophers and scientists of that era established that sight represented reason and civilization, while smell was associated with madness and barbarism.
The Battle of Algiers explores the brutal realities of colonial resistance, terrorism, and the moral complexities of revolutionary struggle.
Orientalism arose from the West’s need to define itself as opposed to a balancing entity.