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Art and ocean objects of early modern Eurasia : shells, bodies, and materiality /
During the early modern period, objects of maritime material culture were removed from their places of origin and traded, collected and displayed worldwide. Focusing on shells and pearls exchanged within local and global networks, this monograph compares and connects Asian, in particular Chinese, an...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Amsterdam University Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Connected histories in the early modern world.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Shell Connections: The Exoticization and Eroticization of Asian Maritime Material Culture
- From Guangzhou to Florence: Parrot Cups as "Actors"
- Layers of Exoticization: Chinese and European Shell Surfaces
- Surfaces and Skins: The European Eroticization of Asian Shells
- Conclusion
- Shell Connections
- 2 Shell Bodies: The Creative Agency of Molluscs across Cultures
- Clever Objects
- Shell Agency
- Clam Creations
- Female Features
- Bird Bodies
- Cultured Connections
- Conclusion
- 3 Shell Worlds: Maritime Microcosms in EurAsian Art and Material Culture
- Shells in Flux
- Coralscapes
- Conclusion
- 4 Woman with a Shell: Transcultural Exchange, Female Bodies and Maritime Matters
- Women on Shells
- Women in Shells
- Women with Shells
- Women with EurAsian Shells
- Conclusion
- Woman with a Shell
- Conclusion
- Cited Primary and Secondary Sources
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Backcover