Transcultural things and the spectre of Orientalism in early modern Poland-Lithuania

Transcultural things and the spectre of Orientalism in early modern Poland-LithuaniaAuthor: Tomasz Grusiecki ISBN: 9781526194725 Publisher: Manchester University Press Year first published: 29 Apr 2026 Pages: 264 Format: Paperback softback Transcultural things examines four sets of artefacts from the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth: maps pointing to PolandLithuania's roots in the supposedly 'Oriental' land of Sarmatia, portrayals of fashions that purport to trace Polish culture back to a distant and revered past, Ottomanesque costumes

The collection demonstrates that renowned figures such as Leonora Carrington

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this book critically engages with the assumptions on which they are based and the forms of power they mobilise

ISBN: 9781513224961

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this book will be of interest not only to researchers and to students of international cultural relations during the Cold War

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Using letters and diaries as well as records of collective activities such as committee meetings

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