The cross-cultural legacy of Lin Yutang : critical perspectives / edited by Qian Suoqiao.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Qian, Suoqiao, editor.

University of California, Berkeley. Institute of East Asian Studies, issuing body.

Series:

China research monographs ; no. 72.

China research monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lin, Yutang, 1895-1976--Criticism and interpretation.

Lin, Yutang.

Lin, Yutang, 1895-1976.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, [2015]

Summary:

"Lin Yutang (1895--1976) was the modern Chinese writer and intellectual best known to the Western world in the twentieth century. Hailed as a "Chinese philosopher," Lin was the de facto spokesman for China and Chinese culture and played the role of cultural ambassador between China and the United States. This critical volume, representing the best international scholarship on Lin Yutang studies to date, is a first attempt at a comprehensive study on the cross-cultural legacy of Lin's literary practices in and across China and America. The essays collected here, most of which were first presented at the international conference on the cross-cultural legacy of Lin Yutang in China and America held at the City University of Hong Kong in December 2011, offer different perspectives on Lin's cross-cultural legacy." --publisher's website.

Contents:

Western universalism and Chinese identity : Lin Yutang as a cross-cultural critic / Qian Suoqiao

On Lin Yutang: between revolution and nostalgia / Chih-ping Chou

Lin Yutang's unique adoption of tradition / Charles Laughlin

A bundle of contradictions: Lin Yutang's relationship to Christianity / Yang Liu

Lin Yutang and the national language movement in Modern China / Peng Chunling

The "Fair Society" (Pingshe) in the diaries of Lin Yutang and Hu Shi / Chen Zishan

Lin Yutang's criticism of criticism of criticism: on self-expression in China and America / Diran John Sohigian

Collaborator of cannibal? Montaigne's role in Lin Yutang's Importance of Living / Rivi Handler-Spitz

The genesis and reception of My Country and My People / Qian Suoqiao

His country and his language: Lin Yutang and the interpretation of things Chinese / Joe Sample

Reconstructing the image of a Chinese courtesan for Western readers: Lin Yutang's Miss Tu and his cross-cultural rewriting strategies / Fang Lu

The several worlds of Lin Yutang's gastronomy / Charles W. Hayford.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1557291691

9781557291691

OCLC:

951754632