China en el imaginario visual de la España de principios del siglo XX

  1. Xavier Ortells-Nicolau 1
  1. 1 Universitat de Barcelona
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    Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/021018s57

    Geographic location of the organization Universitat de Barcelona
Journal:
Hispanic Research Journal: Iberian and Latin American Studies

ISSN: 1468-2737

Year of publication: 2017

Volume: 18

Issue: 5

Pages: 411-438

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1080/14682737.2017.1377467 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Abstract

Contacts between China and Spain have a long tradition dating back to the first missions in the sixteenth century. However, there is a significant vacuum in the historiography on the interrelations between the two countries in the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. Recent research projects are recovering a wealth of materials that testify an important presence of China in the Spanish culture of the period. In this context, this article analyses the presence of the visual imaginary of China in fin-de-siècle Spain. By looking at images and photographs of China in popular culture and the illustrated press, the article underscores the existence of a strong mediation of foreign sources simultaneous with direct approaches by Spanish diplomats, missionaries, and travellers, the productivity of a lack of direct knowledge and the continuity of an exotic imaginary

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