|
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
|
Buy Now
Occidentalism - A Theory of Counter-Discourse in Post-Mao China (Paperback, Rev and Expande)
Loot Price: R1,102
Discovery Miles 11 020
|
|
|
Occidentalism - A Theory of Counter-Discourse in Post-Mao China (Paperback, Rev and Expande)
Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days
|
This revised and expanded edition of the first comprehensive study
of Occidentalism in post-Mao China includes a new preface,
foreword, and chapter on Chinese diaspora writings in the Chinese
language. Xiaomei Chen offers an insightful account of the
unremittingly favorable depiction of Western culture and its
negative characterization of Chinese culture in post-Mao China
since 1978. She examines the cultural and political
interrelationship between the East and West from a vantage point
more complex than that accommodated by most current theories of
Western imperialism and colonialism. Going beyond Edward Said's
construction in Orientalism of cross-cultural appropriations as a
defining facet of Western imperialism, Chen argues that the
appropriation of Western discourse what she calls "Occidentalism"
can actually have a politically and ideologically liberating effect
on contemporary non-Western culture. She maintains that simplistic
allegations of Orientalism frequently found in current critical
discourses seriously underestimate the complexities of
intercultural and multicultural relationships. Using China as the
focus of her analysis, Chen examines a variety of cultural media,
from Shakespearean drama, to modernist poetry, to contemporary
Chinese television and popular fiction. She thus places sinology in
the general context of Western theoretical discourses, such as
Eurocentrism, postcolonialism, nationalism, modernism, feminism,
and literary hermeneutics, showing that it has a vital role to play
in the study of Orient and Occident and their now unavoidable
symbiotic relationship. Occidentalism presents a new model of
comparative literary and cultural studies that reenvisions
cross-cultural appropriation. It will be indispensable to future
discussions of Orientalism, Occidentalism, and postcolonialism, as
well as subaltern studies, Asian studies, comparative literature,
cultural studies, and non-Western drama."
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(4)
(2)
