Chinese Modern: The Heroic and the Quotidian

by Xiaobing Tang

Book Overview

Chinese Modern examines crucial episodes in the creation of Chinese modernity during the turbulent twentieth century. Analyzing a rich array of literary, visual, theatrical, and cinematic texts, Xiaobing Tang portrays the cultural transformation of China from the early 1900s through the founding of the People's Republic, the installation of the socialist realist aesthetic, the collapse of the idea of utopia in the aftermath of the Cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822324474
• ISBN13: 9780822324478
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"