Performing China : virtue, commerce, and orientalism in eighteenth-century England, 1660 - 1760 / Chi-ming Yang

Englisch

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2011

IX, 270 S. : Ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index

1-421-40216-5, 978-1-4214-0216-1*hardcover : alk. paper

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.

*China / Soziale Werte / Wertwandel / Orientalismus / Rezeption / England / Geschichte : 1660-1760

*European literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism ; China -- Civilization -- History ; China -- Foreign public opinion, British -- History -- 18th century

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Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: [22] 303.48/24205109033

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: NK 7421

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