When True Love Came to China

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When True Love Came to China

Most people suppose that the whole world knows what it is to love; that romantic love is universal, quintessentially human. Such a supposition has to be able to meet three challenges. It has to justify its underlying assumption that all cultures mean the same thing by the word 'love' regardless of language. It has to engage with the scholarly debate on whether or not romantic love was invented in Europe and is uniquely Western. And it must be able to explain why early twentieth-century Chinese writers claimed that they had never known true love, or love by modern Western standards. By addressing these three challenges through a literary, historical, philosophical, biographical, and above all comparative approach, this highly original work shows how love's profile in China shifted with the rejection of arranged marriages and concubinage in favor of free individual choice, monogamy and a Western model of romantic love.
Country USA
Brand Hong Kong University Press
Manufacturer Hong Kong University Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 17 b&w illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9789888208807
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Hong Kong University Press
Manufacturer	Hong Kong University Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	17 b&w illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9789888208807
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

When True Love Came to China

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