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The West as the other : a genealogy of Chinese Occidentalism / by Mingming Wang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wang, Mingming, 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- East and West--History.
- East and West.
- Intercultural communication--China.
- Intercultural communication.
- Relations.
- History.
- China.
- China--Relations--Western countries.
- Western countries.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, [2013]
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Rethinking "the West" 1
- 2 King Mu (Mu Tianzi) and the Journey to the West 27
- 3 "Illusionary" and "Realistic" Geographies 49
- 4 Easternizing the West, Westernizing the East 87
- 5 Chaos and the West 117
- 6 "Western Territories" (Xiyu), India, and "South Sea" (Nanhai) 153
- 7 Beyond the Seas: Other Kingdoms and Other Materials 179
- 8 Islands, Intermediaries, and "Europeanization" 213
- 9 Conclusion: Towards Other Perspectives of the Other 253.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-366) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789629964894
- 9629964899
- OCLC:
- 841673471
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