The Lone Wolf in Inner Asia.

The article presents a speech by professor Michael R. Drompp of the American Oriental Society (AOS), delivered at the AOS March 13, 2011 annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois. He discusses the metaphor of the lone wolf to represent Inner Asian scholars and the negative and positive depiction of wolves...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 131; no. 4; pp. 515 - 527
Autor principal: Drompp, Michael R.
Formato: Speech
Publicado: American Society for Premodern Asia (ASPA) Oct-Dec2011
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Sumario:The article presents a speech by professor Michael R. Drompp of the American Oriental Society (AOS), delivered at the AOS March 13, 2011 annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois. He discusses the metaphor of the lone wolf to represent Inner Asian scholars and the negative and positive depiction of wolves in literature and history. He describes the use of wolf imagery by the early Türk culture of China, the Wusun people of China, and the ancient Romans.