Accidental Incest, Filial Cannibalism, and Other Peculiar Encounters - in Late Imperial Chinese Literatur

Informationen zum Autor Tina Lu is Professor of Chinese Literature at Yale University. Klappentext Fiction and drama repeatedly pose questions concerning relations both among people and between people and their possessions: What ties individuals together! whether permanently or temporarily? When can ownership be transferred! and when does an object define its owner? This book traces how these political questions were addressed in fiction. Zusammenfassung This book traces how questions about the nature of the Chinese empire and of the human community were addressed in fiction through extreme situations: husbands and wives torn apart in periods of upheaval, families so disrupted that incestuous encounters become inevitable, times so desperate that people must sell themselves to be eaten.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tina Lu
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.01.2009
• EAN: 9780674031562
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03156-2
• Pagine: 325
• Serie: Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard East Asian Monographs (HUP)
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata