Alimentary orientalism: britain's literary imagination and the edible east
Auteur :
Yuan, Yin
Éditeur :
Bucknell University Press,U.S.
ISBN :
9781684484669
Date de publication :
16 juin 2023
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
399 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
What, exactly, did tea, sugar, and opium mean in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain? Alimentary Orientalism reassesses the politics of Orientalist representation by examining the contentious debates surrounding these exotic, recently popularized, and literally consumable things.