Memory, fluid identity, and the politics of remembering the representations of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in English-speaking countries / by Li Li.

Author/creator Li, Li
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Descriptionx, 210 pages ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Chinese in literature.
Chinese in motion pictures.
American literature--Chinese American authors. --History and criticism.
Motion pictures--History. --20th century.
China--History. --Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. --Influence.
Chinese--English-speaking countries. --Ethnic identity.
Memory--Social aspects. --English-speaking countries.
Memory--Political aspects. --English-speaking countries.
English-speaking countries--Relations. --China.
China--Relations. --English-speaking countries.

SeriesIdeas, history, and modern China, 1875-9394 ; volume 15
Contents Introduction: Mnemonic practices and the products of historical trauma -- Ideologies, textualization, and consumption of Chinese Red Guard memoirs -- Alternative remembrances of the Cultural Revolution in Spider eaters and Six chapters of life at a cadre school -- The politics and pleasures of visualizing the sent-down youth in the global film market -- "Mirrors without memories" : history, remembering, and documentary truth -- In search of subjectivity : memory and inner narrative in Gao Xingjian's One man's Bible -- Sex, murder, and bodily transgression : the Cultural Revolution in translational mass literature -- Coda: The future of remembering the past.
Scope and content "The Chinese Cultural Revolution is the single most important internal social event in contemporary Chinese history. The plethora of historical, literary, and artistic representations inspired by this event are critical to our understanding of the diversified, often contested, interpretations of contemporary China. Li Li's critical examination of autobiographic, filmic and fictional presentations in Memory, Fluid Identity, and the Politics of Remembering : The Representations of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in English-speaking Countries demonstrates that 'memory works' not only reflect memories of those who lived through that period, but memories about their past, and, more importantly, about their identity remapping and artistic negotiation in a cross-cultural environment"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 189-201) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016017471
ISBN9789004323544 (hardback : acid-free paper)

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