Taste for china, a: english subjectivity and the prehistory of orientalism
Auteur :
Jenkins, Eugenia Zuroski
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780199950980
Date de publication :
23 mai 2013
Dimensions :
15,5 x 23,9 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
517 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.