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Fear of seeing : a poetics of Chinese science fiction / Mingwei Song.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Song, Mingwei, author.
- Series:
- Global Chinese culture.
- Global Chinese culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
- Chinese fiction.
- Science fiction, Chinese--History and criticism.
- Science fiction, Chinese.
- Genre:
- Literary criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (383 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Fear of Seeing traces the new wave of Chinese science fiction's origin and development over the past three decades, exploring the core concerns and literary strategies that make it so distinctive and vital.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Prologue: A Lonely Hidden Army, 2010
- 1. Poetics of the Invisible: Introducing the New Wave
- 2. Science Fiction as Method: Worlding the Genre
- 3. Can We Read "A Madman's Diary" as Science Fiction? Rewriting Literary History
- Excursus I: Looking Backward: 2010-1900
- 4. A Poetic Heart in the Dark Forest: Liu Cixin's Three-Body Universe
- 5. The Power of Darkness in Han Song: Mythology of the Chthonic
- 6. Variations on Utopia: Specters and Myths
- 7. A Topology of Hope: Sinotopia and Heterotopia
- 8. Chinese New Wave Goes Global: The Posthuman Turn
- Excursus II: The Rise of She-SF: 2010-2022
- 9. New Wonders of a Nonbinary Universe: Opening of the Neo-Baroque
- Epilogue: The Wandering Earth, 2019.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-231-55553-9
- OCLC:
- 1396062538
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