Internet literature in China / Michel Hockx.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hockx, Michel, author.

Series:

Global Chinese culture.

Global Chinese Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese literature--21st century--History and criticism.

Literature and the Internet--China.

Literature and technology--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; West Sussex, England : Columbia University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the 1990's, Chinese literary enthusiasts have explored new spaces for creative expression online, giving rise to a modern genre that has transformed Chinese culture and society. Ranging from the self-consciously avant-garde to the pornographic, web-based writing has introduced innovative forms, themes, and practices into Chinese literature and its aesthetic traditions. Conducting the first comprehensive survey in English of this phenomenon, Michel Hockx describes in detail the types of Chinese literature taking shape right now online and their novel aesthetic, political, and ideological challenges. Offering a unique portal into post socialist Chinese culture, he presents a complex portrait of internet culture and control in China that avoids one-dimensional representations of oppression. The Chinese government still strictly regulates the publishing world, yet it is growing increasingly tolerant of internet literature and its publishing practices while still drawing a clear yet ever-shifting ideological bottom line. Hockx interviews online authors, publishers, and censors, capturing the convergence of mass media, creativity, censorship, and free speech that is upending traditional hierarchies and conventions within China-and across Asia.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Note on Online Sources

Introduction

One. Internet Literature in China History, Technology, and Conventions

Two. Linear Innovations Chen Cun and Other Chroniclers

Three. The Bottom Line Online Fiction and Post socialist Publishing

Four. Online Poetry in and out of China, in Chinese, or with Chinese

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231538534

0231538537

OCLC:

979620838