Performing China : virtue, commerce, and orientalism in eighteenth-century England, 1660 - 1760

Performing China virtue, commerce, and orientalism in eighteenth-century England, 1660 - 1760

Introduction: spectacle and the example of China -- Heroic effeminacy and the conquest of China -- Sincerity and authenticity : George Psalmanazar's experiments in conversion -- Transmigration, fabulous pedagogy, and the morals of the orient -- Luxury, moral sentiment, and the orphan of China -...

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1. Verfasser: Yang, Jiming (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Yang, Chi-ming (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2011
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European literature > History and criticism > China > Civilization > Foreign public opinion, British > Soziale Werte > Wertwandel > Orientalismus > Rezeption > England > Geschichte
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: spectacle and the example of China -- Heroic effeminacy and the conquest of China -- Sincerity and authenticity : George Psalmanazar's experiments in conversion -- Transmigration, fabulous pedagogy, and the morals of the orient -- Luxury, moral sentiment, and the orphan of China -- Epilogue: global orientalism and the business of spectacle.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:IX, 270 S.
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ISBN:1421402165
1-4214-0216-5
9781421402161
978-1-4214-0216-1