| Date | 2011 |
| Publish_location | Baltimore, MD |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Edition | |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Book |
| Series | |
| Shelf | Hallway Cases |
| Call Number | DS754.25.Y364 2011 |
| Description | ix, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note | Performing China : virtue, commerce, and orientalism in eighteenth-century England, 1660-1760 / Chi-ming Yang. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction. China as exemplar: Eastern spectacle and Western discourses of virtue -- 1. Heroic effeminacy and the conquest of China -- 2. Sincerity and authenticity : George Psalmanazar's experiments in conversion -- 3. Transmigration, fabulous pedagogy, and the morals of the Orient -- 4. Luxury, moral sentiment, and The orphan of China -- Epilogue: Orientalism, globalization, and the new business of spectacle. |
| Subject | Virtue Psalmanazar, George, 1679-1763--Biography China--Civilization--Western views and opinions China--Foreign public opinion, British--History--18th century European literature--18th century--Chinese influence Chinese literature--Europe--17th-18th centuries--Moral and ethical aspects |
| ISBN | 9781421402161 |
| LCCN | 2011004101 |
