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Conjuring Asia

- Magic, Orientalism, and the Making of the Modern World
Af: Chris Goto-Jones Engelsk Paperback

Conjuring Asia

- Magic, Orientalism, and the Making of the Modern World
Af: Chris Goto-Jones Engelsk Paperback
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The promise of magic has always commanded the human imagination, but the story of industrial modernity is usually seen as a process of disenchantment. Drawing on the writings and performances of the so-called ''Golden Age Magicians'' from the turn of the twentieth century, Chris Goto-Jones unveils the ways in which European and North American encounters with (and representations of) Asia - the fabled Mystic East - worked to re-enchant experiences of the modern world. Beginning with a reconceptualization of the meaning of ''modern magic'' itself - moving beyond conventional categories of ''real'' and ''fake'' magic - Goto-Jones'' acclaimed book guides us on a magical mystery tour around India, China, and Japan, showing us levitations and decapitations, magic duels and bullet catches, goldfish bowls and paper butterflies. In the end, this mesmerizing book reveals Orientalism as a kind of magic in itself, casting a spell over Western culture that leaves it transformed, even today.
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The promise of magic has always commanded the human imagination, but the story of industrial modernity is usually seen as a process of disenchantment. Drawing on the writings and performances of the so-called ''Golden Age Magicians'' from the turn of the twentieth century, Chris Goto-Jones unveils the ways in which European and North American encounters with (and representations of) Asia - the fabled Mystic East - worked to re-enchant experiences of the modern world. Beginning with a reconceptualization of the meaning of ''modern magic'' itself - moving beyond conventional categories of ''real'' and ''fake'' magic - Goto-Jones'' acclaimed book guides us on a magical mystery tour around India, China, and Japan, showing us levitations and decapitations, magic duels and bullet catches, goldfish bowls and paper butterflies. In the end, this mesmerizing book reveals Orientalism as a kind of magic in itself, casting a spell over Western culture that leaves it transformed, even today.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9781107433823
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1107433827
Kategori: Samfundsvidenskabelig idéhistorie
Udg. Dato: 4 jul 2016
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 228mm
Højde: 154mm
Forlag: Cambridge University Press
Oplagsdato: 4 jul 2016
Forfatter(e): Chris Goto-Jones
Forfatter(e) Chris Goto-Jones

Kategori Samfundsvidenskabelig idéhistorie

ISBN-13 9781107433823

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 336

Udgave

Længde 18mm

Bredde 228mm

Højde 154mm

Udg. Dato 4 jul 2016

Oplagsdato 4 jul 2016

Forlag Cambridge University Press