The Great Wall : a cultural history / Carlos Rojas.

Main entry:

Rojas, Carlos, 1970-

Title & Author:

The Great Wall : a cultural history / Carlos Rojas.

Publication:

Description:

xv, 213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.
Selected chronology -- On names -- Prologue : On origins -- A unity of gaps -- Aspirations of immortality -- Between history and legend -- A garden of forking paths -- Another brick in the wall -- A very queer thing -- Epilogue : Return to origins -- Appendix: Getting there.

Summary:

Through an examination of allusions to the Wall in an eclectic array of texts--ranging from official dynastic histories, elite poetry, and popular folktales to contemporary tourist testimonials, children's songs, and avant-garde performance art--this study maps out a provocative new framework for understanding the structure's function and significance.

ISBN:

9780674047877
0674047877

Subject:

Great Wall of China (China) History.
15.75 history of Asia.
Civilization.
Chinese wall.
Kinesiska muren historia.
China Civilization.
Grande Muraille (Chine) Histoire.
Chine Civilisation.
China.
China Great Wall of China.
Great Wall of China (China)

Form/genre:

History.
History (form)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 270172
Call No.: BIB 202854
Status: Available

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