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The Chinese Chameleon Revisited : From the Jesuits to Zhang Yimou.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (346 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781443866729
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Chinese Chameleon RevisitedDDC classification:
  • 951
LOC classification:
  • DS721 -- .C45 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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