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The city in modern Chinese literature & film : configurations of space, time, and gender, Yingjin Zhang

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Summary
  • This study explores the ways in which the city and urban life have been represented in modern Chinese literature and film. The author has three aims: to trace the literary and filmic configurations (i.e., symbolic constructions) of the city in modern China; to investigate the ways the city is placed in an ambivalent - if not negative - light in these configurations; and to work toward an understanding of how one can study the nature of the city/country problematic in modern Chinese literary history
  • The book draws upon many literary and filmic texts that have been either previously ignored or deemed of no importance, and presents them in such a way that they - together with certain canonical works interpreted from new perspectives - point to an important structure of urban imagination in modern China. Throughout, the author draws upon theoretical insights from a wide variety of disciplines - anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, as well as literature, film, and cultural studies - to illuminate particular issues
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xix, 390 pages
Contents
  • Preface: An Invitation to Explore the City
  • 1. Introduction: The City in Modern Chinese Cultural History
  • 2. Urban Configurations: Small Town, Ancient Capital, Modern Metropolis
  • 3. Mapping the Ancient Capital of Beijing
  • 4. The Symbolic Triumph of Chinese Tradition in Beijing
  • 5. Reading the Illegible Metropolis of Shanghai
  • 6. The Circulation of Temporality and Eroticism in Shanghai
  • 7. Imagining the Modern Woman in Shanghai
  • 8. The Female Visions of the Modern City
  • Afterword: A Perspective on Modern Chinese Literary History
Isbn
9780804726825
Instance
Label
The city in modern Chinese literature & film : configurations of space, time, and gender
Title
The city in modern Chinese literature & film
Title remainder
configurations of space, time, and gender
Statement of responsibility
Yingjin Zhang
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • This study explores the ways in which the city and urban life have been represented in modern Chinese literature and film. The author has three aims: to trace the literary and filmic configurations (i.e., symbolic constructions) of the city in modern China; to investigate the ways the city is placed in an ambivalent - if not negative - light in these configurations; and to work toward an understanding of how one can study the nature of the city/country problematic in modern Chinese literary history
  • The book draws upon many literary and filmic texts that have been either previously ignored or deemed of no importance, and presents them in such a way that they - together with certain canonical works interpreted from new perspectives - point to an important structure of urban imagination in modern China. Throughout, the author draws upon theoretical insights from a wide variety of disciplines - anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, as well as literature, film, and cultural studies - to illuminate particular issues
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Zhang, Yingjin
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
PL2303
LC item number
.Z43 1996
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Chinese literature
  • Motion pictures
  • Cities and towns in literature
  • Cities and towns in motion pictures
  • Cities and towns
  • Littérature chinoise
  • Cinéma
  • Villes dans la littérature
  • Villes au cinéma
  • Villes
  • Villes
  • Villes
  • Villes
  • Stadt <Motiv>
  • Literatur
  • Film
  • Chinese literature
  • Cities and towns
  • Cities and towns in literature
  • Cities and towns in motion pictures
  • Motion pictures
  • Chinesisch
  • China
Label
The city in modern Chinese literature & film : configurations of space, time, and gender, Yingjin Zhang
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-358) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Preface: An Invitation to Explore the City -- 1. Introduction: The City in Modern Chinese Cultural History -- 2. Urban Configurations: Small Town, Ancient Capital, Modern Metropolis -- 3. Mapping the Ancient Capital of Beijing -- 4. The Symbolic Triumph of Chinese Tradition in Beijing -- 5. Reading the Illegible Metropolis of Shanghai -- 6. The Circulation of Temporality and Eroticism in Shanghai -- 7. Imagining the Modern Woman in Shanghai -- 8. The Female Visions of the Modern City -- Afterword: A Perspective on Modern Chinese Literary History
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xix, 390 pages
Isbn
9780804726825
Lccn
95037764
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)33009048
  • (OCoLC)ocm33009048
Label
The city in modern Chinese literature & film : configurations of space, time, and gender, Yingjin Zhang
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-358) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Preface: An Invitation to Explore the City -- 1. Introduction: The City in Modern Chinese Cultural History -- 2. Urban Configurations: Small Town, Ancient Capital, Modern Metropolis -- 3. Mapping the Ancient Capital of Beijing -- 4. The Symbolic Triumph of Chinese Tradition in Beijing -- 5. Reading the Illegible Metropolis of Shanghai -- 6. The Circulation of Temporality and Eroticism in Shanghai -- 7. Imagining the Modern Woman in Shanghai -- 8. The Female Visions of the Modern City -- Afterword: A Perspective on Modern Chinese Literary History
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xix, 390 pages
Isbn
9780804726825
Lccn
95037764
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)33009048
  • (OCoLC)ocm33009048

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