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Introduction to Western Culture

Editat de Guobin Xu, Yanhui Chen, Lianhua Xu Traducere de Kaiju Chen, Xiyuan Xiong, Wenquan Wu
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 mai 2018
Promoting cultural understanding in a globalized world, this collection provides a concise and unique introduction to Western culture, through the voices of Chinese scholars. Written by a team of experts in their fields, the book provides insights into Western history and culture, covering an interdisciplinary range of topics across literature, language, music, art and religion. It addresses such issues as tourism and etiquette, as well as the key differences of distinct cultures, providing readers with a succinct yet effective way to master a basic understanding of Western culture.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781137599858
ISBN-10: 1137599855
Pagini: 272
Ediția:2018 edition
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan US

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Introduction to Western Culture, one of the four-volume series of Essentials of Chinese and Western Culture, provides a survey of western culture in terms of cultural history, music and art, folklore and tourism. As an introduction for readers to gain a general understanding of the designated aspects of Western culture, it covers a wide range of cultural knowledge on the general West as well as that of key Western nations and/or countries.

Notă biografică

Guobin Xu (1954 ), male, professor of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. His research interests include: higher education administration, cultural quality education, mental health education, etc.
Yanhui Chen (1973 ), male, PhD, professor of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. His research interest: ancient Chinese literature and cultural studies.
Lianhua Xu (1968 ), female, editor of Journal of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. Her research interests include: history of publication and editorial studies.

Kaiju Chen, PhD (in Cultural Studies),Professor of English language and culture in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. His more recent publications include Reconstructing Images of Chinese Peasantry (2007), "Trial by Media: Overcorrection of the Inadequacy of the Right to Free Speech in Contemporary China"(2011),"On the Power of Language" (2009). His major research interest includes cultural studies, philosophy of culture, education, and translation.


Xiyuan Xiong, PhD in English Language and Literature, is a teacher and editor of Sun Yat-sen University Press. His chief research interests include translation studies (mainly in Chinese translation history and translation criticism) and cultural studies. Publications include a dozen journal articles, several books (compiled) on English language learning, and a translated book on column writing written by S.M. Standring.




Wenquan Wu has an M.A. in Translations Studies (Nanjing University, China) and a Master degree in Business Management (Diplom-Kaufman, Universtitat Tubingen, Germany). He is the co-translator of the Chinese version of Nobel laureate Herta Muller's Atemschaukel, and the author of academic articles on literary translation criticism, J.M. Coetzee, Julian Barnes, and Herta Muller.

Cuprins

A Concise History of Western Cultures.- Music in Western Culture.- Western Art.- Tourism in Europe and America.- Western Etiquette.- Western Folklore.

Caracteristici

Promotes understanding of Western cultures in China Provides a concise introduction to western cultures and their distinctions Addresses among other topics western literature, language, music, art and religion