University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks· 2015· Book chapter
Inventing Exoticism
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Short summary
This book traces the production and consumption of early modern European exotic imagery to reveal processes of cultural mediation during an earlier age of empire.
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Key points
- Explores the production and consumption of early modern exotic imagery.
- Elucidates processes of cultural mediation in an earlier age of empire.
- Narrates a vital chapter in the history of European exoticism.
- Investigates Europe's perception of its place in the world.
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Abstract
Lavishly illustrated and impressively interdisciplinary, Inventing Exoticism narrates a vital chapter in the history of European exoticism and Europe's perception of its place in the world. It traces the production and consumption of early modern exotic imagery to elucidate processes of cultural mediation in an earlier age of empire.
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Field: General Psychology
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