Savage Exchange - Han Imperialism, Chinese Literary Style, and the Economic Imagination

Tamara T. Chin explores the politics of representation during the Han dynasty at a pivotal moment when China was asserting imperialist power on the Eurasian continent and expanding its local and long-distance ("Silk Road") markets. Chin explains why rival political groups introduced new literary forms with which to represent these expanded markets.

Summary

Tamara T. Chin explores the politics of representation during the Han dynasty at a pivotal moment when China was asserting imperialist power on the Eurasian continent and expanding its local and long-distance (“Silk Road”) markets. Chin explains why rival political groups introduced new literary forms with which to represent these expanded markets.

Product details

• Authors: Tamara T. Chin
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780674244528
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24452-8
• No. of pages: 380
• Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies