Occidentalism : a theory of counter-discourse in post-Mao China / Xiaomei Chen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chen, Xiaomei, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East and West.

Chinese literature--20th century--Western influences.

Chinese literature.

China--Intellectual life--1976-.

China.

China--Politics and government--1976-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author argues that the appropriation of Western discourse - what she calls "Occidentalism" - can have a socially liberating effect in contemporary non-Western culture. Using China as a focus for analysis, she examines the cultural and political relations between East and West.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Occidentalism as a Counter-Discourse: He shang Controversy; 2. Occidentalist Theater: Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Brecht as Counter Others; 3. ""Misunderstanding"" Western Modernism: The Menglong Movement; 4. A Wildman Between the Orient and the Occident: Retro-Influence in Comparative Literary Studies; 5. Wilder, Mei Lanfang, and Huang Zuolin: A ""Suggestive Theater"" Revisited; 6. Fathers and Daughters in Early Modern Chinese Drama: On the Problematics of Occidentalism in Cross-Cultural/ Gender Perspective; Postscript; NOTES; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Bibliography: p215-232. _ Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-028214-2

0-19-772554-6

1-280-44215-8

1-4237-3816-0

0-19-535893-7

1-60129-950-8

OCLC:

191935546