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McMahon, Keith

 
9780742518032: The Fall of the God of Money: Opium Smoking in Nineteenth-Century China
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0742518035 ISBN 13 : 9780742518032
Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 2002

Synopsis

In this first truly cross-cultural study of opium, Keith McMahon considers the perspectives of both smokers and non-smokers from China and the Euro-West and from both sides of the issue of opium prohibition. The author stages a dramatic confrontation between the Chinese opium user and the Euro-Westerner who saw in opium the image of an uncanny Asiatic menace. The rise of the opium demon meant the fall of the god of money, that is, Chinese money, and the irreversible trend in which Confucianism gave way to Christianity. The book explores early Western observations of opium smoking, the formation of arguments for and against the legalization of opium, the portrayals of opium smoking in Chinese poetry and prose, and scenes of opium-smoking interactions among male and female smokers and smokers of all social levels in 19th-century China.

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À propos de l'auteur

Keith McMahon is professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Kansas.

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Éditeur
Rowman & Littlefield
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0742518035
ISBN 13 
9780742518032
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
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Personne responsable
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