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ONLINE

1st ed.

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2021

1 online resource (222 pages)

ISBN 9789048553303 (electronic bk.)

Connected Histories in the Early Modern World Ser.

Print version: Grasskamp, Anna Art and Ocean Objects of Early Modern Eurasia Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,c2021

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Shell Connections: The Exoticization and Eroticization of Asian Maritime Material Culture -- From Guangzhou to Florence: Parrot Cups as "Actors" -- Layers of Exoticization: Chinese and European Shell Surfaces -- Surfaces and Skins: The European Eroticization of Asian Shells -- Conclusion - Shell Connections -- 2 Shell Bodies: The Creative Agency of Molluscs across Cultures -- Clever Objects -- Shell Agency -- Clam Creations -- Female Features -- Bird Bodies -- Cultured Connections -- Conclusion -- 3 Shell Worlds: Maritime Microcosms in EurAsian Art and Material Culture -- Shells in Flux -- Coralscapes -- Conclusion -- 4 Woman with a Shell: Transcultural Exchange, Female Bodies and Maritime Matters -- Women on Shells -- Women in Shells -- Women with Shells -- Women with EurAsian Shells -- Conclusion - Woman with a Shell -- Conclusion -- Cited Primary and Secondary Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Backcover.

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(OCoLC)1281707880