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Behind the Gate: Inventing Students in Beijing
Fabio Lanza
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Description for Behind the Gate: Inventing Students in Beijing
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 318 x 32. Weight in Grams: 574.
On May 4, 1919, thousands of students protested the Versailles treaty in Beijing. Seventy years later, another generation demonstrated in Tiananmen Square. Climbing the Monument of the People's Heroes, these protestors stood against a relief of their predecessors, merging with their own mythology while consciously deploying their activism. Through an investigation of twentieth-century Chinese student protest, Fabio Lanza considers the marriage of the cultural and the political, the intellectual and the quotidian, that occurred during the May Fourth movement, along with its rearticulation in subsequent protest. He ultimately explores the political category of the "student" and its making in the ... Read more
On May 4, 1919, thousands of students protested the Versailles treaty in Beijing. Seventy years later, another generation demonstrated in Tiananmen Square. Climbing the Monument of the People's Heroes, these protestors stood against a relief of their predecessors, merging with their own mythology while consciously deploying their activism. Through an investigation of twentieth-century Chinese student protest, Fabio Lanza considers the marriage of the cultural and the political, the intellectual and the quotidian, that occurred during the May Fourth movement, along with its rearticulation in subsequent protest. He ultimately explores the political category of the "student" and its making in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231152389
SKU
V9780231152389
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About Fabio Lanza
Fabio Lanza hails from Venice, Italy, and earned his Ph.D. in modern Chinese history at Columbia University. He is assistant professor of history at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
Reviews for Behind the Gate: Inventing Students in Beijing
this book is theoretically sophisticated, prodigiously researched, and eloquently written. The China Beat Well-crafted and insightful.
Paul J. Bailey The China Quarterly
Paul J. Bailey The China Quarterly