The Rise of Tea Culture in China: The Invention of the Individual

by Bret Hinsch

Book Overview

This distinctive and enlightening book explores the invention and development of tea drinking in China, using tea culture to explore the profound question of how Chinese have traditionally expressed individuality. Western stereotypes portray a culture that values conformity and denigrates the individual, but Bret Hinsch convincingly explodes this facile myth. He argues that although Chinese embrace a communitarian ethos and assume that the individual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538117819
• ISBN13: 9781538117811
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.9"