East Is East
Mapping China in Dickensian London
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11729276 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F Orestano (0000-0001-9531-2311, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 237-257 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Partial Answers Journal of Literature and the History of Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1936-9247 • E-ISSN: 1565-3668 |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/pan.2021.0014 |
| OpenAlex | W3166621659 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The article focuses on the presence of China—its citizens, its culture—on the map of London during the Victorian age, and on the role Dickens played in locating and describing such space in the eastern part of the great metropolis and hub of the Empire. There is a mirroring between London and Canton, a curious coincidence of toponyms, suggestive of an ambiguous cultural interface
Ancient history · Archaeology · China · Empire · Genealogy · Geography · Kingdom · Linguistics · Mirroring · Sociology · Toponymy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Travel Writing and Literature
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |