exoticism

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Such awareness lends a subtle metafictional framework to the novel, a hint of cautionary skepticism about its releases into fantasy and brushes with exoticism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

She went on to cite the “cultural exoticism depicted in author James Clavell’s bestseller ‘Shōgun’” as adding to America’s fixation on Japanese culture.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2024

Couto’s writing, critics said, was the linguistic exoticism of a Portuguese writer with no lived experience of the characters he imagined.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2023

But charges of cultural appropriation were leveled by critics who felt the spectacle of exoticism de-historicized sacred myths.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2022

They weren't rich, but what Hugh's family lacked financially they more than made up for with the sort of exoticism that works wonders at cocktail parties, leading always to the remark "That sounds fascinating."

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris