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Modern Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies in the Age of Theory: Reimagining a Field (B2 Books and Asia Pacific)
Rey Chow
Paperback. Duke University Press 2001-05.
ISBN 9780822325970
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These 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
20th-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. One of the volume's provocative suggestions is that the old model of area
studies - an offshoot of US 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 a chauvinistic
sinocentrism become obsolete, the critical use of theory - particularly by
younger China scholars whose enthusiasm for critical theory coincides with
changes in China's political economy in recent years - will enable the
emergence of fresh connections and insights that may have been at odds with
previous interpretive convention. Originally published as a special issue of the journal Boundary 2, this
collection includes two essays and an afterword by Paul Bove that places its
arguments in the context of contemporary cultural politics. It will have
far-reaching implications for the study of modern China and should be of
interest to scholars of theory and culture in general. Attempting to describe the new boundaries of the field of Chinese studies,
this collection of essays uses critical theory to reflect on issues pertaining
to modern Chinese literature and culture and, in the process, transform the
definition and conceptualization of modern Chinese studies.
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