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OverviewFrom his premature death in 1919 until the final decades of the twentieth century, the French traveller, author, and naval doctor Victor Segalen remained relatively obscure, his extensive work on exoticism largely unavailable. With the appearance of the Complete Works in 1995, the dramatic scope and wide-ranging implications of his reflections on diversity were at last fully apparent. Segalen's understanding of the exotic is radically different from that of his colonial contemporaries. His exoticism - or Aesthetics of Diversity - focuses on the instability of contact between different cultures and represents a unique response to the decline of diversity triggered by colonialism and Westernization. Recent attention to Segalen in a variety of fields - post-modern sociology, post-colonialism, literary criticism, anthropology - indicates his role as a precursory theorist of the exotic whose work is of increasingcontemporary relevance. At a moment when exoticism is rapidly emerging as a term of critical currency, this study of the genesis of Segalen's aesthetics is a timely contribution to work in this area. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Charles Forsdick (, Lecturer in French, University of Glasgow)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.50cm Weight: 0.441kg ISBN: 9780198160144ISBN 10: 0198160143 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 09 November 2000 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction: Victor Segalen and the Aesthetics of Diversity 1: Defining the Exotic: Exotcism as an Approach to Radical Diversity 2: Exoticism and Empire: Colonial Literature and Post-Colonial Critique 3: Polynesia and Difference 4: China and Alterity 5: Towards a New Practice of Exoticism Conclusion Select Bibliography IndexReviewsThis is the first extensive study of Segalen's work to appear in English, and is inaugural in more senses than one: Charles Forsdick has produced an indispensable guide to the etat present of Segalen studies ... His painstaking depiction of Segalen's response to what he saw as the decline of cultural diversity, due to the forces of Western colonization, results in a generously informative work that offers a whole new archive of material for future Segalen critics. Modern Language Review ... impressive and timely study ... incisive portrait. Edward Hughes, Times Literary Supplement Author InformationCharles Forsdick is Lecturer in French, University of Glasgow Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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