Remapping the past : fictions of history in Deng's China, 1979 -1997 / by Howard Y.F. Choy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Choy, Howard Y. F. (Howard Yuen Fung)

Series:

Leiden series in comparative historiography ; v. 3.

Leiden series in comparative historiography, 1574-4493 ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Chinese fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Fictions of history in Deng's China, 1979 -1997

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The most prominent literary phenomenon in the 1980's and 1990's in China, historical fiction, has never been systematically surveyed in Anglophone scholarship. This is the first investigation into how, by rewriting the past, writers of Deng Xiaoping’s reform era undermined the grand narrative of official history. It showcases fictions of history by eleven native Chinese, Muslim and Tibetan authors. The four chapters are organized in terms of spatial schemes of fictional historiography, namely, regional histories and family romances, discourses on diaspora and myths of minorities, nostalgia for the hometown in the country and the city, as well as the bodily text and the textual body, thus broadly covering the eternal themes of memory, language, food, sex, and violence in historical writing.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / H.Y.F. Choy

Introduction Narrative And Space: A Cartography Of History / H.Y.F. Choy

Chapter One. Regional Romances And Family Fables: From Root Search To New Historicism / H.Y.F. Choy

Chapter Two. The Outlying And The Peripheral: Myths Of Migrants And Minorities / H.Y.F. Choy

Chapter Three. From The Country To The City: Nostalgia For The Hometown / H.Y.F. Choy

Chapter Four. The Bodily Text And The Textual Body: The Violence Of History / H.Y.F. Choy

Conclusion Back(Ward) To The Future: Toward A Retro-Fiction / H.Y.F. Choy

Appendix What. Is Held And In Whose Hand? An Etymological Reexamination Of Shi / H.Y.F. Choy

Bibliography / H.Y.F. Choy

Index / H.Y.F. Choy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-269) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39890-3

9786612398902

90-474-4278-4

OCLC:

652272367