China and Orientalism : Western knowledge production and the P.R.C. / Daniel F. Vukovich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vukovich, Daniel F.

Series:

Postcolonial politics ; 5.

Postcolonial politics ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orientalism--China.

Orientalism.

Relations.

China--Relations--Western countries.

China.

Western countries--Relations--China.

Western countries.

China--Politics and government--1949-.

Politics and government.

China--Civilization--1949-.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xviii, 185 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

Vukovich (critical and cultural theory, and postcolonial and China studies, Hong Kong U.) offers an interdisciplinary analysis of interest to scholars of Asian, postcolonial, and cultural studies. In the first chapters he examines Chinese society before and after Tianamen (1989), Maoist discourse and its demonization, and the Great Leap Forward. Ensuing chapters discuss De Lillo and Warhol in connection with Mao and the "Sinologization" of global thought, the western study of Chinese film, and the global economy. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Sinological-Orientalism now: China and the new era

Uncivil society, or, Orientalism and Tiananmen, 1989

Maoist discourse and its demonization

Accounting for the Great Leap Forward: missing millions, excess deaths, and a crisis of Chinese proportions

Delillo, Warhol, and the specter of Mao: the sinologization of global thought

Screening sinology: on the Western study of Chinese film

The China-reference and Orientalism in the global economy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415592208

0415592208

9780203145579

0203145577

OCLC:

690084806