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Orientalism in early modern France : Eurasian trade, exoticism and the Ancien Régime / Ina Baghdiantz McCabe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baghdiantz McCabe, Ina, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- France--Civilization--Asian influences.
- France.
- France--Relations--Asia.
- Asia--Relations--France.
- Asia.
- France--Foreign relations--1589-1789.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (416 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Francis I's ties with the Ottoman Empire marked the birth of court-sponsored Orientalism in France. Under Louis XIV, French society was transformed by cross-cultural contacts with the Ottomans, India, Persia, China, Siam and the Americas. The consumption of silk, cotton cloth, spices, coffee, tea, china, gems, flowers and other luxury goods transformed daily life and gave rise to a new discourse about the 'Orient' which in turn shaped ideas about science, economy and politics, and against absolutist monarchy. An original account of the ancient regime, this book highlights France's use of the e
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part IOne Nation, One World under French Rule; -1-The First Orientalist, Guillaume Postel; -2-The Ambassadors; -3-France in the World; -4-Orientalism As ScienceThe Production of Knowledge under Louis XIV; -5-The Turks and the "Other" WithinThe Huguenots; Part IIConsuming the Exotic; -6-Coffee and Orientalism in France; -7-A "Barbarous Taste"The Transmission of Coffee Drinking; -8-Domesticating the ExoticImports and Imitation; -9-The Politics of PleasureFrench Imitations of Oriental SartorialSplendor and the Royal Carrousels
- -10-Orientalism, Despotism, and LuxuryEpilogue; Notes; Selected Primary Sources; Selected Secondary Sources; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-398) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612286063
- 9781282286061
- 1282286064
- 9781847884633
- 1847884636
- OCLC:
- 476252468
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