Rise of Tea Culture in China - The Invention of the Individual

This distinctive and enlightening book explores the development of tea drinking in China, using tea culture to explore the profound question of how Chinese have traditionally expressed individuality. By linking tea to individualism, Hinsch's deeply researched book makes an original and influential contribution to the history of Chinese culture.

List of contents

Timeline of Major Chinese Dynasties

Introduction
Chapter One: The Rise of Tea
Chapter Two: Power
Chapter Three: Lu Yu
Chapter Four: Connoisseurship
Chapter Five: Morality
Chapter Six: Transcendence
Chapter Seven: Manhood

Glossary
Bibliography

About the author

Bret Hinsch is professor in the Department of History at Fo Guang University, Yilan, Taiwan. He is the author of Masculinities in Chinese History, Women in Early Imperial China, and Passions of the Cut Sleeve: The Male Homosexual Tradition in China.

Summary

This distinctive and enlightening book explores development of tea drinking in China, using tea culture to explore the profound question of how Chinese have traditionally expressed individuality. By linking tea to individualism, Bret Hinsch's deeply researched book makes an original and influential contribution to the history of Chinese culture.

Product details

• Authors: Bret Hinsch, Hinsch Bret
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2015
• EAN: 9781442251786
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5178-6
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives; Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > Drinks; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / China, Food & society, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Cultural studies: food and society, China;Tea