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Revolution of the heart : a genealogy of love in China, 1900-1950 / Haiyan Lee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Haiyan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- Chinese literature.
- Chinese literature--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Genealogy of love in China, 1900-1950
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- This book is an engagingly written critical genealogy of the idea of "love" in modern Chinese literature, thought, and popular culture. It examines a wide range of texts, including literary, historical, philosophical, anthropological, and popular cultural genres from the late imperial period to the beginning of the socialist era. It traces the process by which love became an all-pervasive subject of representation and discourse and representation as well as a common language in which modern notions of self, gender, family, sexuality, and nation were imagined and contested.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-352) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804754179
- OCLC:
- 65201365
- Publisher Number:
- 9780804754170
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