1st Edition
Chinese Perceptions of the Jews' and Judaism A History of the Youtai
By Zhou Xun
Copyright 2001
202 Pages
by
Routledge
214 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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While prejudice against Jews is a real and ongoing category in Western culture, little attention has been paid to the myths of the Jews' and their impact in countries outside the West. This work draws on a wide variety of source materials from the past two centuries to examine the images of the Jews' as constructed in China. However, the interest here does not lie in the determination of the... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 China, Missionaries and ‘Jews’ 1605–1870; Chapter 3 Encountering and Reinventing the ‘Jews’ 1870–1915; Chapter 4 The ‘Jews’ in the May Fourth Period 1915–1930s; Chapter 5 The ‘Jews’ and the ‘Science of Race’ 1915–1949; Chapter 6 Chinese Perceptions of Zionism 1915–1949; Chapter 7 Anti-Jewish Policy in Japanese Occupied China during the War Period 1937–1945; Chapter 8 Epilogue: Old Myths and New Phenomena 1949–1997;
Biography
Zhou Xun studied Hebrew and Jewish Studies at UCL, and is a research fellow in the Department of the Study of Religions, School of Oriental and African Studies.
'Dr Zhou has produced a fascinating examination of Chinese notions of race and culture by examining how Jews are imagined in China ... a fine piece of scholarship. It is well-written, analyses new information in exciting ways and opens up important discussions about race and national identity for numerous disciplines.' - Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
