Images of China in Polish and Serbian Travel Writings (1720-1949)

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-43456-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 28, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 834 g

Reihe: Studia Imagologica

In Images of China in Polish and Serbian Travel Writings (1720-1949), Tomasz Ewertowski examines how Polish and Serbian travelers described China, surveys various factors which influenced their style of writing, and illustrates the social, political and intellectual context that determined their different representations of the Middle Kingdom. The corpus includes a vast array of texts written by more than 80 authors who traveled to China from the 18th to the mid-20th century, including sources that have not been published. Besides making new facts and sources accessible, the research presented in this book introduces a comparative perspective and provides a thorough literary and cultural analysis of the aforesaid travelogues.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ewertowski, Tomasz

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Slawische Literaturen Südslawische Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Expeditions- & Reiseliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Slawische Literaturen Westslawische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Notes on Names and Spellings

Introduction

1 Identities

1.1 Roles of Travelers

1.2 General Frameworks

2 Places Visited

2.1 Northeast China

2.2 Harbin

2.3 Mukden

2.4 Shanghai

2.5 Hong Kong

2.6 Macau

2.7 Beijing

2.8 The Great Wall of China

2.9 Kyakhta and Qing-Russian Border

2.10 Guangzhou

2.11 Guangdong Province

2.12 Tianjin

2.13 Nanjing

2.14 Suzhou

2.15 Hangzhou

2.16 Qingdao

2.17 Shandong

2.18 Kalgan and the Sino-Mongolian Border Zone

2.19 Other Locations

2.20 Conclusion

3 Themes: Materialities and General Views

3.1 Materialities

3.2 General Views

3.3 Conclusion

Final Remarks—the Chinese Mosaic

Appendix—List of Travel Writers

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tomasz Ewertowski, Ph.D., is a lecturer at the Shanghai International Studies University. He graduated from and worked as a researcher at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland. He has published on travel writing and Slavic literature.