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Mongol Court Dress, Identity Formation, and Global Exchange
The Mongol period (1206-1368) marked a major turning point of exchange – culturally, politically, and artistically – across Eurasia. The wide-ranging international exchange that occurred during the Mongol period is most apparent visually through the inclusion of Mongol motifs in textile, paintings, ceramics, and metalwork, among other media. Eiren Shea investigates how a group of newly-conf…
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- 9781032238432
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- xvii,207 p
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- 391.00951 HEA M
Dress and cultural difference in early modern Europe
Dress constitutes one of the most obvious and indeed most visual and visible markers of difference. Being very close to the body it becomes part of the daily habitus and an unavoidable means of communication with others. In this volume, we want to follow transcultural perspectives and highlight the multiplicity of differences that are expressed via clothes.
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- 9783110635942
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- VI, 212 p.
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- 306 DRE d
Narrating China's governance : stories in Xi Jinping's speeches
This open access book captures and elaborates on the skill of storytelling as one of the distinct leadership features of Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and the President of the People’s Republic of China. It gathers the stories included in Xi’s speeches on various occasions, where they conveyed the essence of China’s history and culture, its reform and d…
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- 9789813291782
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- xxv, 266p. : ill
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- 951 NAR n
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