Debating the Socialist Legacy and Capitalist Globalization in China (China in Transformation)
Xueping Zhong
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Hardcover. This book seeks to offer critical voices while evoking the themes of the socialist past to bear on the 21st-century Chinese intellectual and cultural scenes. Editor(s): Zhong, Xueping; Wang, Ban. Series: China in Transformation. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
The first English collection of translated essays, by Chinese literary scholars, writers, and critics, this volume focuses on the legacy of socialist culture and post-socialist phenomena within the context of capitalist globalization. By rethinking socialism, literature, and culture in relation to the intellectual and cultural trends since the start of the reform and by debating the rise of the 'new left' culture, this book seeks to offer critical voices while evoking the themes of the socialist past to bear on the 21st-century Chinese intellectual and cultural scenes.
The first English collection of translated essays, by Chinese literary scholars, writers, and critics, this volume focuses on the legacy of socialist culture and post-socialist phenomena within the context of capitalist globalization. By rethinking socialism, literature, and culture in relation to the intellectual and cultural trends since the start of the reform and by debating the rise of the 'new left' culture, this book seeks to offer critical voices while evoking the themes of the socialist past to bear on the 21st-century Chinese intellectual and cultural scenes.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
China in Transformation
Number of Pages
287
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137020765
SKU
V9781137020765
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About Xueping Zhong
Cai Xiang, Shanghai University, China Cao Zhenglu, Shenzhen University, China Han Yuhai, Beijing University, China He Guimei, Beijing University, China He Jixian, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Huang Jisu, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Kuang Xinnian, Qinghua University, China Li Yunlei, Editor, Arts and Literary Theory and Criticism Li Tuo, Critic Liu Fusheng, Hainan University, China Lu Taiguang, Editor, Fiction ... Read more
Reviews for Debating the Socialist Legacy and Capitalist Globalization in China (China in Transformation)
"Re-engaging socialist cultural texts, the editors and contributors all prominent intellectual figures or leading New Left thinkers from China call for a vigorous engagement with the socialist past as 'a real force of critique and contestation as well as a source of aspiration.' Rang[ing] from an analysis of literary and cultural texts produced during the socialist era to an investigation ... Read more