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The Lure of the Modern: Writing Modernism in Semicolonial China, 1917-1937
Shu-Mei Shih
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Paperback. An account of Chinese literary modernism, written from the perspective of Republican China. Shih argues for the contextualization of Chinese modernism in the semicolonial cultural and political formation of the time and analyzes pivotal issues, such as decadence and Orientalism. Series: Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
Shu-mei Shih's study is the first book in English to offer a comprehensive account of Chinese literary modernism from Republican China. In The Lure of the Modern, Shih argues for the contextualization of Chinese modernism in the semicolonial cultural and political formation of the time. Engaging critically with theories of modernism, postcoloniality, and global and local cultural studies, Shih analyzes pivotal issues - such as psychoanalysis, decadence, Orientalism, Occidentalism, semicolonial subjectivity, cosmopolitanism, and urbanism - that were mediated by Japanese as well as Western modernisms.
Shu-mei Shih's study is the first book in English to offer a comprehensive account of Chinese literary modernism from Republican China. In The Lure of the Modern, Shih argues for the contextualization of Chinese modernism in the semicolonial cultural and political formation of the time. Engaging critically with theories of modernism, postcoloniality, and global and local cultural studies, Shih analyzes pivotal issues - such as psychoanalysis, decadence, Orientalism, Occidentalism, semicolonial subjectivity, cosmopolitanism, and urbanism - that were mediated by Japanese as well as Western modernisms.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Series
Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520220645
SKU
V9780520220645
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About Shu-Mei Shih
Shu-mei Shih is Associate Professor in East Asian Languages and Cultures, Comparative Literature, and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Reviews for The Lure of the Modern: Writing Modernism in Semicolonial China, 1917-1937
"Quite apart from her contributions as a literary critic, Shu-mei Shih is able to historicize literary developments of the period most persuasively. Her analysis of Shanghai, the city, and the literary movement it spawned, is crafted with great sensitivity to both history and literature. In many ways, it is the most inclusive historical study of modern Chinese literature in its ... Read more