Family Revolution - Marital Strife in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Visual Culture

Informationen zum Autor Hui Faye Xiao Klappentext Hui Faye Xiao is assistant professor of modern Chinese literature and culture at the University of Kansas. Zusammenfassung As state control of private life in China has loosened since 1980! citizens have experienced an unprecedented family revolution. Reading popular "divorce narratives" in fiction! film! and TV drama! this book shows that the representation of marital discord has become a cultural battleground for competing ideologies within post-revolutionary China. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1. Divorcing the Rural 2. Midlife Crisis and Misogynist Rhetoric 3. Utopia or Dystopia? 4. What Quality Do Chinese Wives Lack? 5. Seeking Second Chances in a Risk Society 6. A New Divorce Culture Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Hui Faye Xiao
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2014
• EAN: 9780295993508
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99350-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Modern Language Initiative Books; Modern Literature Initiative; Modern Literature Initiative; Family Revolution
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories