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Take an in-depth look at Madama Butterfly with the following articles and essays.
World-renowned costume and set designer Susan Benson created the designs for the COC production of Madama Butterfly in 1990, and her work has stood the test of time.
By Linda Hutcheon & Misha Teramura
What we call the "Orient" has long fascinated Western culture—in large part, thanks to a history of conquest and colonization. What Edward Said famously dubbed "Orientalism" was the result of this history: the West's version of the Orient as its exotic, seductive, yet despotic, dangerous Other became dominant.
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