These two readers function as research publications and visual archives within Fabricated Orient.

Reader #1: Orientalism and the Feminised West: Bodies as Threat, Bodies as Ornament
Focusing on the body, this reader examines how Asian identities are constructed within Western visual culture as both exoticised threats and feminised ornament through archives, media, and everyday stereotypes.

Reader #2: Orientalism and the Ornamentalism: Signs as Surface, Signs as Myth
Focusing on objects and visual systems, this reader explores stereotypical “Asian” typefaces, packaging, Chinoiserie, and themed spaces like Chinatown, examining how “Asia” is repeatedly flattened into decoration, atmosphere, and consumable surface.