Collecting China
Collecting China

Author: Vimalin Rujivacharakul

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1611490065

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Collecting China is a unique collection of essays that brings together theories of materiality and what collecting has meant to various peoples over time. Collecting China grew out of a simple question: how does a thing become Chinese? Fifteen essays explore this question from different angles, ranging from close examination of world-renowned private collections to critical reinterpretations of historical writings.

Intercultural Explorations
Intercultural Explorations

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-11-01

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9004484108

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Divided into four sections: Asian-Western Intersections, Intercultural Memory, Intercultural Perspectives on Women, Genre Studies, and The Intercultural Arts, these essays from diverse hands and multiple perspectives illuminate the intersections, the cross-sections, and the synergies that characterize significant literary texts and artistic productions. Individually, they exemplify the insights available in an intercultural perspective; together they remind us that no culture - even those that claim to be pure or those that might be regarded as isolated - has escaped the influence of external influences. As a result, this volume is doubly synergistic: one, because it focuses on intercultural phenomena within a specific culture, and two, because they represent multiple perspectives on these phenomena.

Nature and the Nation in Fin-de-Siècle France
Nature and the Nation in Fin-de-Siècle France

Author: Jessica M. Dandona

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-06-14

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1351708783

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This book represents the first book-length, critical study of the art of Emile Gallé. It thus promises not only to revolutionize our understanding of his work but also to reframe the study of Art Nouveau by relocating the movement within the deeply politicized context in which it was created.