TY - BOOK AU - 鄭揚文,Zheng Yangwen TI - The Chinese Chameleon Revisited: From the Jesuits to Zhang Yimou SN - 9781443866729 AV - DS721 -- .C45 2013eb U1 - 951 PY - 2013/// CY - Newcastle-upon-Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing KW - Dawson, Raymond. -- Chinese chameleon KW - China -- Civilization -- Chronology KW - China -- Civilization KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE - THE EDIFYING AND CURIOUS LETTERS -- CHAPTER TWO - SIGHT AND SOUND -- CHAPTER THREE - HEARING IS BELIEVING -- PART II -- CHAPTER FOUR - "A MIGHTY CHANGE MUST PASS OVER" -- CHAPTER FIVE - THE "RISE" OF JAPAN AND THE "FALL" OF CHINA AFTER 1895 -- PART III -- CHAPTER SIX - SENTIMENTAL EDUCATORS -- CHAPTER SEVEN - « ALORS LA CHINE? » -- PART IV -- CHAPTER EIGHT - THE GRAND NARRATIVE -- CHAPTER NINE - FILMING CHINA -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX N2 - By examining how the Middle Kingdom has been portrayed by foreigners and the Chinese themselves, this volume advances a new perspective in our reading and interpretation of the Chinese past by placing these "producers" and "presenters" of China in the spotlight. The chapters probe how these figures produced or presented the country, cross-examining their backgrounds and circumstances. Their gaze upon the Middle Kingdom was dictated by religious and political conviction, but also particularly UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1780299 ER -