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Author(s): Douglas Kerr; Julia Kuehn
ISBN(s): 9789888052011, 9888052012
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 1.41 MB
Year: 2007
Language: english
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Writings of travelers have shaped ideas about an evolving China, while preconceived ideas about China also shaped the way they saw the country. A Century of Travels in China explores the impressions of these writers on various themes, from Chinese cities and landscapes to the work of Europeans abroad. From the time of the first Opium War to the declaration of the People’s Republic, China’s history has been one of extraordinary change and stubborn continuities. At the same time, the country has beguiled, scared and puzzled people in the West. The Victorian public admired and imitated Chinese fashions, in furniture and design, gardens and clothing, while maintaining a generally negative idea of the Chinese empire as pagan, backward and cruel. In the first half of the twentieth century, the fascination continued. Most foreigners were aware that revolutionary changes were taking place in Chinese politics and society, yet most still knew very little about the country. But what about those few people from the English-speaking world who had first-hand experience of the place? What did they have to say about the “real” China? To answer this question, we have to turn to the travel accounts and memoirs of people who went to see for themselves, during China’s most traumatic century. While this book represents the work of expert scholars, it is also accessible to non-specialists with an interest in travel writing and China, and care has been taken to explain the critical terms and ideas deployed in the essays from recent scholarship of the travel genre.
 

Century of Travels in China Critical Essays on Travel Writing from the 1840s to The 1940s 1st Table of contents:

Part 1: Crossing the Threshold

  1. Delineating Two Key Areas: Sound-Based Music and Making Music with Technology
  2. An Overview of Selected Genres and Categories in Sound-Based Music

Part 2: Discovering Music All Around Us
3. Discovering Soundscapes
4. Investigating Soundscapes
5. Composing Soundscapes

Part 3: The Sounds of Sound-Based Music
6. Finding Real-World Sounds
7. Exploring Synthetic Sounds
8. Sculpting with Sounds

Part 4: Organizing Sounds/1: Combining Sounds and Creating Sonic Gestures
9. Placing Sounds in Sequences
10. Creating, Analyzing, and Evaluating Sonic Gestures

Part 5: Organizing Sounds/2: Composing with Sounds
11. Placing Sound Sequences into Structures (Sequencing Sequences)
12. Analyzing and Evaluating Composed Works

Part 6: Next Steps

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