An edition of The lure of the modern (2001)

The lure of the modern

writing modernism in semicolonial China, 1917-1937

by

Cover of: The lure of the modern by Shu-mei Shih, Shu-mei Shih
Preview Only

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today
Notes
Notes

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
November 12, 2023 | History
Edit
An edition of The lure of the modern (2001)

The lure of the modern

writing modernism in semicolonial China, 1917-1937

by

This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?

Publish Date
Publisher
University of California Press
Language
English
Pages
427

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Subjects

Chinese literature, Modernism (Literature), History and criticism, Chinese literature, history and criticism, Modernism (literature), Littérature chinoise, Histoire et critique, Modernisme (Littérature), LITERARY CRITICISM, Asian, General, Modernisme (cultuur), Bellettrie, Kritiek (algemeen)

Places

China

Times

20th century
Edition Availability
Cover of: The lure of the modern
The lure of the modern: writing modernism in semicolonial China, 1917-1937
2001, University of California Press
in English

Add another edition?

Book Details

Table of Contents

Introduction. The global and local terms of Chinese modernism
pt. 1. Desiring the modern: May Fourth occidentalism and Japanism. Time, modernism, and cultural power: local constructions. Evolutionism and experimentalism: Lu Xun and Tao Jingsun. Psychoanalysis and cosmopolitanism: the work of Guo Moruo. The libidinal and the national: the morality of decadence in Yu Dafu, Teng Gu, and others. Loving the other: May Fourth occidentalism and the global context
pt. 2. Rethinking the modern: the Beijing School. Modernity without rupture: proposals for a new global culture. Writing English with a Chinese brush: the work of Fei Ming. Gendered negotiations with the local: Lin Huiyin and Ling Shuhua
pt. 3. Flaunting the modern: Shanghai New Sensationalism. Modernism and urban Shanghai. Gender, race, and semicolonialism: Liu Nao̓u's urban Shanghai landscape. Performing semicolonial subjectivity: the work of Mu Shiying. Capitalism and interiority: Shi Zhecun's tales of the erotic-grotesque
Conclusion. Semicolonialism and culture
Appendix. Later modernisms: the war years and beyond.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-411) and indexes.

Published in
Berkeley
Series
Berkeley series in interdisciplinary studies of China -- 1

Classifications

Library of Congress
PL2303 .S548 2001, PL2303 .S548 2001eb, PL2303 .S57 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 427 p. ;
Number of pages
427

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL15502486M
Internet Archive
lureofmodernwrit0000shis
ISBN 10
0520220633, 0520220641
LCCN
00062855
OCLC/WorldCat
44775063, 49570163
Library Thing
1605132
Goodreads
390558

Source records

Western Washington University MARC record
Internet Archive item record
Library of Congress MARC record
Better World Books record
Better World Books record
marc_columbia MARC record
amazon.com record
marc_columbia MARC record

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

This work does not appear on any lists.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation
November 12, 2023 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
February 12, 2023 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
January 7, 2023 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
August 18, 2020 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
September 20, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from Western Washington University MARC record