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Modern Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies in the Age of Theory: Reimagining a Field (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society) by Rey Chow; Stanley K Abe; Ien Ang; Chris Berry; Paul A Bové; Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang; Charles A Laughlin; Ping-kwan Leung; Dorothy Ko; Kwai-cheung Lo is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>These groundbreaking essays use critical theory to reflect on issues pertaining to modern Chinese literature and culture and, in the process, transform the definition and conceptualization of the field of modern Chinese studies itself. The wide range of topics addressed by this international group of scholars includes twentieth-century literature produced in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China; film, art, history, popular culture, and literary and cultural criticism; as well as the geographies of migration and diaspora.<br> One of the volume’s provocative suggestions is that the old model of area studies—an offshoot of U.S. Cold War strategy that found its anchorage in higher education—is no longer feasible for the diverse and multifaceted experiences that are articulated under the rubric of “Chineseness.” As Rey Chow argues in her introduction, the notion of a monolithic Chineseness bound ultimately to mainland China is, in itself, highly problematic because it recognizes neither the material realities of ethnic minorities within China nor those of populations in places such as Tibet, Taiwan, and post–British Hong Kong. Above all, this book demonstrates that, as the terms of

Author

Rey Chow; Stanley K Abe; Ien Ang; Chris Berry; Paul A Bové; Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang; Charles A Laughlin; Ping-kwan Leung; Dorothy Ko; Kwai-cheung Lo

Publisher

Duke University Press; Duke University Press Books

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780822380160

Subjects

Science, History, Sociology