Encountering China

Rachana Sachdev is associate professor of English and coordinator of Asian Studies at Susquehanna University. She has published several articles on early modern gynecological discourses, and her current research focuses on representations of infanticide and the position of children in Asia in early modern European travel writing. She is co-editing, with Todd Myers, Teaching Southeast Asia: Culture as a Medium for Meaning Across the Disciplines.Qingjun Li is assistant professor of Asian Studies and Chinese Language at Belmont University, Tennessee and also associate professor of English at Zhengzhou University, P.R. China, where she has been twice recognized as the Teacher of Excellence. She is author of three books and numerous articles. Her research interests are in Chinese American Literature, Women's Literature, and Comparative Literature.

• ContentsIntroduction by Rachana SachdevPart 1European Responses to Child Abandonment, Sale of Children and Social Welfare Policies in Ming China by Rachana SachdevOf Golden Lilies and Gentlewomen: Constructions of Chinese Women in Early Modern European Travel Narratives by Qingjun LiPart 2 Earlier Moderns: The Novel Form as National Development in China and Europe By Daniel Dooghan“A Strong Resemblance”: Samuel Richardson, Chinese Talent-Beauty Novels, and a Secret Origin of “World Literature” By Ning MaPart 3 “'Magicians, Enchanters, and Professional Crooks’: Early Modern Understandings of Daoism” By Ronnie LittlejohnBuddhism and Idolatry By Terry Logan MazurakBibliographyIndexAbout the Contributors