McCabe Ina Baghdiantz. Orientalism in Early Modern France: Eurasian Trade, Exoticism, and the Ancien Regime

Oxford: Berg, 2008. — 416 p. — ISBN10: 1845203747; ISBN13: 978-1845203740Francis I's ties with the Ottoman Empire marked the birth of court-sponsored Orientalism in France. Under Louis XIV, French society was transformed by cross-cultural contacts with the Ottomans, India, Persia, China, Siam and the Americas. The consumption of silk, cotton cloth, spices, coffee, tea, china, gems, flowers and other luxury goods transformed daily life and gave rise to a new discourse about the 'Orient' which in turn shaped ideas about science, economy and politics, and against absolutist monarchy. An original account of the ancient regime, this book highlights France's use of the exotic and analyzes French discourse about Islam and the 'Orient'.One Nation, One World under French RuleThe First Orientalist; Guillaume Postel
The Ambassadors
France in the World
Orientalism and the Production of Knowledge under Louis XIV
The Turks and the 'Other' Within: The Huguenots
Coffee and Orientalism in FranceConsuming the ExoticA 'barbarous taste': The Transmission of Coffee Drinking
Domesticating the Exotic: Imports and Imitation
The Politics of Pleasure: French Imitations of Oriental Sartorial Splendor and the Royal Carrousels
Orientalism, Despotism and Luxury