Title The French in Macao in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : literary, cultural, and historical perspectives / Jingzhen Xie

Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and color) Series Chinese literature and culture in the world Chinese literature and culture in the world. Contents 1 Introduction: History Is Made of Details -- 2 Historical Background -- 3 What Was Macao and Who Were the Macanese? -- 4 Views of Europeans Other Than French.-5 Theoretical Reference.-6 The Scope of the French Views.-7 French Views of Macao.-8 Macaos Status and Importance in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries.-9 Conclusion Summary The French in Macao in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Literary, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives investigates the role that Macao played as a meeting place of the East and the West during this period of time and its decline as a Portuguese colony in the eyes of the Europeans. The book provides a comprehensive view of representations of Macao as portrayed by the French. These texts in French have been studied less than Chinese or Portuguese texts on Macao. Overall, the book contributes to the study of colonial history, cultural studies, and China in the late Qing dynasty. Jingzhen Xie holds a Ph.D. in French from Johns Hopkins University, USA and is Research Librarian at the University of Macau, China. Her main research areas include Macao studies, history of translation from French to Chinese, and the relationship of information to culture. She has published on historical studies and library and information science. She is a co-editor of Dictionnaire francais-chinois (2014), the main co-editor of East Meets West: An Illustrated Catalogue of Some Rare Books in Western Languages in the University of Macau Library (2016), and a co-author of Transferring Information Literacy Practices (2019) Notes Print version record Subject French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism French literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Chinese in literature. East and West in literature. Chinese -- Public opinion Chinese in literature Chinese -- Public opinion East and West in literature French literature Literature SUBJECT Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) -- In literature Subject China -- Macau (Special Administrative Region) Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9783030946654 3030946657

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