Chinese Educated Youth Literature - Ambivalent Bodies and Personal Literary Histories

This book explores the literary history of the zhiqing, Chinese educated youth, during the liberal 1980s era of the PRC.

List of contents

Introduction. Questioning the fictional remembrance of bodies past 1. Representing Laboring Bodies from Victims to Heroes 2. Hungry Fictional Bodies as Personal and Cultural Allegories 3. Privatization and Socialization of Impaired/Disabled Bodies 4. Socialism and the Experiment of Writing Female Bodies Conclusion. Back to our own bodies

About the author

Gabriel F. Y. Tsang is Assistant Professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Summary

This book explores the literary history of the zhiqing, Chinese educated youth, during the liberal 1980s era of the PRC.

Product details

• Authors: Gabriel F. Y. Tsang
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032823133
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3282313-3
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); China, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Comparative Literature, Politics & government, Chinese, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Age groups: adolescents, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1980 to c 1989