China and Orientalism Western knowledge production and the P.R.C

This book argues that there is a new, Sinological form of orientalism at work in the world. It has shifted from a logic of 'essential difference' to one of 'sameness' or general equivalence. ""China"" is now in a halting but inevitable process of becoming-the-...

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Main Author: Vukovich, Daniel F. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge 2012.
Edition:1st edition
Series:Postcolonial politics ; 5.
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Summary:This book argues that there is a new, Sinological form of orientalism at work in the world. It has shifted from a logic of 'essential difference' to one of 'sameness' or general equivalence. ""China"" is now in a halting but inevitable process of becoming-the-same as the USA and the West. Orientalism is now closer to the cultural logic of capitalism, even as it shows the afterlives of colonial discourse. This shift reflects our era of increasing globalization; the migration of orientalism to area studies and the pax Americana; the liberal triumph at the ""end"" of history and the dem
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (205 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781136505928
9781136505935
9780203145579