Western Images of China
Rare and modern books
Mackerras Colin
Oxford University Press (China) Ltd 1990,
Western Images of China
Rare and modern books
Mackerras Colin
Oxford University Press (China) Ltd 1990,
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Details
- Author
- Mackerras Colin
- Publishers
- Oxford University Press (China) Ltd 1990
- Keyword
- CINA China Chine
- Binding description
- S
- Dust jacket
- False
- State of preservation
- Good
- Binding
- Softcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
Description
8vo, br. ed. 349pp. former owner's name, ow very good. This study explores the ways in which Westerners, from the earliest times until the late 1980s, have perceived China. Examining sources from all media - literature, journalism, the visual and performing arts - the author shows the enormous variety in Western images of China over the centuries. He demonstrates the impact which the power relations of the day have exerted on the ways Westerners have perceived China and its people. At some time China has constituted a "model" for certain schools of thought in the West, at others China has been viewed as a threat to Western civilization.
