Orientalism in early modern France : Eurasian trade, exoticism, and the Ancien Régime /

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: Baghdiantz McCabe, Ina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Berg, ©2008.
Temas:
1589-1789
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization.
Civilization > Asian influences
International relations
Diplomatic 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:
  • The first orientalist, Guillaume Postel
  • The ambassadors
  • France in the world
  • Orientalism as science : the production of knowledge under Louis XIV
  • The Turks and the 'Other' within : the Huguenots
  • Coffee and orientalism in France
  • A "barbarous taste" : the transmission of coffee drinking
  • Domesticating the exotic : imports and imitation
  • The politics of pleasure : French imitations of oriental sartorial splendor and the royal carrousels
  • Orientalism, despotism and luxury.

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