A Taste for China English Subjectivity and the Prehistory of Orientalism |
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| Author:
| Jenkins, Eugenia Zuroski |
| Series title: | Global Asias Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-995098-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 2013 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $193.59AUD $339.00 |
Book Description:
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Through an examination of England's obsession with Chinese things throughout the long eighteenth century, this book argues that chinoiserie in literature and material culture played a central role in shaping emergent conceptions of taste and subjectivity.
Through an examination of England's obsession with Chinese things throughout the long eighteenth century, this book argues that chinoiserie in literature and material culture played a central role in shaping emergent conceptions of taste and subjectivity.