“Xudong Zhang opens our eyes to the complex cultural and ideological mutations behind the facade of the economic and political ‘modernization’ of China.”—David Wang, Columbia University “Chinese Modernism in the Era of Reforms will be a first in its elaboration of the social and symbolic construction of Chinese Modernism, and I expect it to elicit a great deal of lively ... Read moreand provocative discussion.”—Wendy Larson, University of Oregon “A deeply thought-out and intellectually sophisticated exploration of a decade of major cultural and social changes in China . . . . Chinese Modernism in the Era of Reforms is a work of intense scholarship that attacks its subject with vigour and complexity.”
Continuum
“This book offers compelling and brilliant insights . . . . Chinese Modernism in the Era of Reforms is a landmark contribution to the field of modern Chinese studies. Its interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach will be an impetus to scholarship on China. With broad strokes Zhang delineates the historical and social forces in a dramatic interplay with the aesthetic and discursive modernism. No serious student of contemporary Chinese literature, film, and aesthetics can afford to bypass this book.”
Ban Wang
Chinese Literature
“Zhang’s book makes a huge contribution to the discussion of China’s ‘new cinema.’ He succeeds in locating ‘Fifth Generation’ film-making at the heart of his rethinking of Chinese modernism. . . . A real advance in criticism of Chinese films.”
Tony Rayns
Sight & Sound
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