Beyond Sinocentrism : ethnocultural others in early modern China /
"Beyond Sinocentrism reexamines early modern China's perceptions of the wider world between 1600 and 1895 through fictional encounters with ethnocultural others. Drawing on literary narratives by the literati elite, this study challenges the entrenched model of Sinocentrism and complicates...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Chinese |
| Language Notes: | In English, with passages in Chinese with English translation. |
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Amherst, New York :
Cambria Press,
[2025]
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| Series: | Cambria sinophone world series.
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| Summary: | "Beyond Sinocentrism reexamines early modern China's perceptions of the wider world between 1600 and 1895 through fictional encounters with ethnocultural others. Drawing on literary narratives by the literati elite, this study challenges the entrenched model of Sinocentrism and complicates traditional views of Chinese isolation. Situating Chinese narratives within Afro-Eurasian and Pacific contexts, it highlights China's engagement with global currents. Employing cultural mobility as an interpretive framework, Beyond Sinocentrism explores the dialectic of cultural persistence and change in early modern representations of the other. Through historically contextualized analysis, the study demonstrates how Chinese literati negotiated cultural identity, openness, and anxiety amid increasing cross-cultural contact. Offering a literary-cultural perspective, it contributes to global history and enriches current understandings of China's dynamic and contested role in early modern globalization"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 236 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-220) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781638573333 1638573336 |