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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zheng, Huili (Professor) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Chinese
Language Notes:In English, with passages in Chinese with English translation.
Published: Amherst, New York : Cambria Press, [2025]
Series:Cambria sinophone world series.
Subjects:
National characteristics, Chinese, in literature.
Chinese > Attitudes.
China > Relations.
China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
China > Civilization > Western influences.
Chine > Histoire > 1644-1912 (Dynastie des Qing)
Chine > Civilisation > Influence occidentale.
Table of Contents:
  • China and the world
  • Making other, making self
  • Decentering China
  • Eroticizing the other
  • Word, text and the world
  • China, Africa, and the West
  • Being Chinese and being modern
  • An uneasy position.