Chinese Thirdspace - The Paradox of Moderate Politics, 19462020

This wide-ranging and theoretically rich book examines how a diverse set of Chinese intellectuals carved out in-between spaces beyond the poles of competing ideologies for greater openness, multiplicity, and pluralism.

About the author

Jianmei Liu is chair professor of Chinese literature at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She is the author of Zhuangzi and Modern Chinese Literature (2016) and Revolution Plus Love: Literary History, Women’s Bodies, and Thematic Repetition in Twentieth-Century Chinese Fiction (2003).

Summary

This wide-ranging and theoretically rich book examines how a diverse set of Chinese intellectuals carved out in-between spaces beyond the poles of competing ideologies for greater openness, multiplicity, and pluralism.

Product details

• Authors: Jianmei Liu
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2025
• EAN: 9780231214216
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21421-6
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Global Chinese Culture
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; China, Ethnic Studies, Asia, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, ART / Asian / Chinese, Politics & government, History of Art, Literature: history & criticism, Politics and government, Asian History, Literature: history and criticism, Oriental art, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies