Mattia’s Reviews > Orientalism > Status Update

"Or, to cite one more use for the Orient, equivalents of those Oriental physiological characteristics that made possible the successful embalming of bodies are sought for in European bodies, so that chevaliers fallen on the field of honor can be preserved as lifelike relics of Napoleon's great Oriental campaign." :(

So many white guys in the reviews are mad about this book, or smugly dismissing its conclusions from on high, it's kind of funny. Helps motivate me to finish it this time.