An edition of The lure of the modern
(2001)
The lure of the modern
writing modernism in semicolonial China, 1917-1937
by Shu-mei Shih
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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
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The lure of the modern: writing modernism in semicolonial China, 1917-1937
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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.
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