China's lost decade : cultural politics and poetics 1978-1990 : in place of history / Gregory B. Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Gregory B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Politics and government--1976-2002.

China.

Politics and government.

China--Social life and customs--1976-2002.

Manners and customs.

China--History--1976-2002.

History.

China--History--Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989.

Physical Description:

293 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Brookline, Mass. : Zephyr Press ; Lyon : Éditions Tigre de Papier, 2012.

Summary:

"The period in China's recent history between the death of Mao and the debacle of 1989 can be seen as a long decade, but also historically as a "lost" decade. It is "lost" in the sense that the political engagement of intellectuals and makers of culture has been occulted by official history-telling; it is also "lost" in that its memory had been abandoned even by many who lived through it; "lost" also in the embarrassed silence of those who prefer to focus on the subsequent economic miracle of the 1990's that gave rise to today's more prosperous China; and "lost" as a time of opportunity for cultural and political change that ultimately did not happen.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Antecedents 33

Chapter 2 "Contemporary Poetry" New Language, New Sensibility 79

Chapter 3 1979-1984 Return to "Normal" 109

Chapter 4 1985-1987 "Cultural Fever" 139

Chapter 5 1988-1989 185

Chapter 6 Tiananmen 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780983297000

0983297002

OCLC:

794701774