From Ah Q to Lei Feng : Freud and revolutionary spirit in 20th century China / Wendy Larson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larson, Wendy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Chinese literature.

Psychoanalysis and literature--China.

Psychoanalysis and literature.

Psychoanalysis and motion pictures--China.

Psychoanalysis and motion pictures.

Literature and history--China.

Literature and history.

China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Literature and the revolution.

China.

China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Motion pictures and the revolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Freud and revolutionary spirit in 20th century China

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When Freudian sexual theory hit China in the early 20th century it ran up against competing models of the mind from Chinese tradition and the new revolutionary culture. The present volume investigates this clash and explores how writers and filmmakers negotiated with the implications of each model.

Contents:

Freudian obsessions

Psychology and Freudian sexual theory in early 20th century China

From Ah Q to Lei Feng : revolutionary discourse and the spirit

The spirit of the countryside : Mang Ke's Wild things and Wang Xiaobo's The golden years

Extracting the revolutionary spirit : Jiang Wen's In the heat of the sun and Anchee Min's Red azalea

The workspace of a new age Maoist : He Jianjun's The postman

Conclusion : history and literary aesthetics in the study of modern Chinese culture.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-309) and index.

ISBN:

9780804769822

0804769826

OCLC:

503446369