Orientalism persists because of its internal richness, not because of any single account

Evidence

Yet even though it includes an ample selection of writers, this book is still far from a complete history or general account of Orientalism. Of this failing I am very conscious. The fabric of as thick a discourse as Orientalism has survived and functioned in Western society because of its richness: all I have done is to describe parts of that fabric at certain moments, and merely to suggest the existence of a larger whole, detailed, interesting, dotted with fascinating figures, texts, and events. — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 93

Categorization

• XREF: Reframes the discourse as a thick fabric — echoes the scaffolding vocabulary the reader is assembling across Module 2. — connects to: Orientalism is studied via its internal consistency, not its correspondence to a real Orient; Orientalism persists by being internalized by the Orient itself and by new imperialism — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 819; Orientalism persists as a stable form while its content is periodically recharged — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 97 (+6 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 93
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Orientalism is studied via its internal consistency, not its correspondence to a real Orient; Orientalism persists by being internalized by the Orient itself and by new imperialism — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 819; Orientalism persists as a stable form while its content is periodically recharged — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 97 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Orientalism endures because material investment sustains it, not because it is true #complicates (0.85) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 61
• Orientalism persists by being internalized by the Orient itself and by new imperialism #complicates (0.82) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 819
• Orientalism was internally divided rather than a monolithic colonial tool #complicates (0.72)