Essay on Exoticism - An Aesthetics of Diversity

"It is exciting to see Segalen's most comprehensive and influential theoretical text translated into English, particularly given its growing impact on colonial/postcolonial studies."--Chris Bongie, College of William and Mary

Sommario

Foreword: The Exotics of Nowhere
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Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chronology: Victor Segalen (1878–1919)

Essay on Exoticism

Notes
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Other Works by Victor Segalen Available in English
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Selected Critical Works on Victor Segalen in English

Index

Info autore

Victor Segalen

Riassunto

The "Other" - source of fear and fascination; emblem of difference demonised and romanticised. Theories of alterity and cultural diversity abound in the contemporary academic landscape. This title encompasses Segalen's attempts to define "true Exoticism."

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: SEGALEN, Victor Segalen
• Con la collaborazione di: Stanley Fish (Editore), Yael Rachel Schlick (Traduzione)
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780822328100
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2810-0
• Pagine: 120
• Dimensioni: 148 mm x 215 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 308 g
• Serie: Post-Contemporary Interventions; New Americanists; Post-Contemporary Interventions; New Americanists; Post-Contemporary Intervention
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Englisch, Kulturwissenschaften