Orientalism in Early Modern France : Eurasian Trade, Exoticism and the Ancien Regime.

Francis I's ties with the Ottoman Empire marked the birth of court-sponsored Orientalism in France. Under Louis XIV, French society was transformed by cross-cultural contacts with the Ottomans, India, Persia, China, Siam and the Americas. The consumption of silk, cotton cloth, spices, coffee, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCabe, Ina Baghdiantz
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Berg Publishers, 2008.
Temas:
1589-1789
Civilization > Asian influences
Diplomatic relations
International relations
France > Civilization > Asian influences.
France > Relations > Asia.
Asia > Relations > France.
France > Foreign relations > 1589-1789.
France > Civilisation > Influence asiatique.
Asie > Relations > France.
France > Relations extérieures > 1589-1789.
Asia
France
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part IOne Nation, One World under French Rule; -1-The First Orientalist, Guillaume Postel; -2-The Ambassadors; -3-France in the World; -4-Orientalism As ScienceThe Production of Knowledge under Louis XIV; -5-The Turks and the "Other" WithinThe Huguenots; Part IIConsuming the Exotic; -6-Coffee and Orientalism in France; -7-A "Barbarous Taste"The Transmission of Coffee Drinking; -8-Domesticating the ExoticImports and Imitation; -9-The Politics of PleasureFrench Imitations of Oriental SartorialSplendor and the Royal Carrousels.

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