About this title: This book offers a cultural history of modern China by looking at the tension between memory and history. Mainstream books on China tend to focus on the hard aspects of economics, government, politics, or international relations. This book takes a humanistic look at modern changes and examines how Chinese intellectuals and artists experienced trauma, social upheavals, and transformations. Drawing on a wide array of sources in political and aesthetic writings, literature, film, and public discourse, the author has portrayed the unique ways the Chinese imagine and portray their own historical ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: STANFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780804750998ISBN:0804750998
Description: " The new essays are notable for wide-ranging, thought-provoking reflections on modern Chinese history that are prompted by the author' s own experiences, as well as for his courage in confronting a past that is a source of trauma as much as of hope. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN-13:9780804750998ISBN:0804750998
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN-13:9780804749466ISBN:0804749469
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780804750998ISBN:0804750998
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN-13:9780804749466ISBN:0804749469
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