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With an introduction by Xiaolu Guo A classic memoir set during the
Chinese revolution of the 1940s and inspired by folklore, providing
a unique insight into the life of an immigrant in America. When we
Chinese girls listened to the adults talking-story, we learned that
we failed if we grew up to be but wives or slaves. We could be
heroines, swordswomen. Throughout her childhood, Maxine Hong
Kingston listened to her mother's mesmerizing tales of a China
where girls are worthless, tradition is exalted and only a strong,
wily woman can scratch her way upwards. Growing up in a changing
America, surrounded by Chinese myth and memory, this is her story
of two cultures and one trenchant, lyrical journey into womanhood.
Complex and beautiful, angry and adoring, Maxine Hong Kingston's
The Woman Warrior is a seminal piece of writing about emigration
and identity. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1976
and is widely hailed as a feminist classic.
Tang poetry is one of the most valuable cultural inheritances of
Chinese history. Its distinctive aesthetics, delicate language and
diverse styles constitute great literature in itself, as well as a
rich topic for literary study. This two-volume set is the
masterpiece of Professor Lin Geng, one of China's most respected
literary historians, and reflects decades of active research into
Tang poetry, covering the "Golden Age" of Chinese poetry (618-907
CE). In the first volume, the author provides a general
understanding of poetry in the "High Tang" era from a range of
perspectives. Starting with an indepth discussion of the Romantic
tradition and historical context, the author focuses on poetic
language patterns, Youth Spirit, maturity symbols, and prototypes
of poetry. The author demonstrates that the most valuable part of
Tang poetry is how it can provide people with a new perspective on
every aspect of life. The second volume focuses on the prominent
Tang poets and poems. Beginning with an introduction to the "four
greatest poets"-Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, and Bai Juyi-the author
discusses their subjects, language, influence, and key works. The
volume also includes essays on a dozen masterpieces of Tang poetry,
categorized by topics such as love and friendship, aspirationsand
seclusion, as well as travelling and nostalgia. As the author
stresses, Tang poetry is worth rereading because it makes us
invigorate our mental wellbeing, leaving it powerful and full of
vitality. This book will appeal to researchers and students of
Chinese literature, especially of classical Chinese poetry. People
interested in Chinese culture will also benefit from the book.
1. The book is the first comprehensive review of the 95-year
development of Chinese animation. 2. All students and scholars of
film studies, especially Chinese animation would benefit from this
volume. 3. This book would be a useful reference to learn about the
developmental trajectory of Chinese animation.
Based on first-hand materials gathered through decades of field
research and fleshed out with the author's insightful religious,
cultural, and historical observations extending back to Qing
Dynasty times, ancient archaeological discoveries and the legacy of
Siberian peoples, this two-volume ethnological study investigates
shamanic rituals, myths and lore in northern China and explores the
common ideology underlying the origins of the region's cultures.
The book discusses the spiritual world of northern Shamanism and
investigates the various shamanic rituals, divination, spirit idols
and myths, illuminating how worship and ideas are imbedded in and
interweave with the indigenous environment, culture and history of
people in northern China. This mythic heritage embodies the
peoples' understanding of the natural world, the creation of
humankind, social life and history as well as their interaction
with their surroundings. It is shown that shamanic spirituality in
northern China is characterised by functionality and practicality
in daily-life situations, in contrast to the received wisdom that
defines shamanic praxis as a pure supernatural spirit journey. The
book will be of great value for scholars of religion and
anthropologists as well as ethnologists in the fields of Shamanism
studies, Northeast Asian folklore and Manchu studies.
The functional perspective on Chinese syntax has yielded various
new achievements since its introduction to Chinese linguistics in
the 1980s. This two-volume book is one of the earliest and most
influential works to study the Chinese language using functional
grammar. With local Beijing vernacular (Pekingese) as a basis, the
information structure and focus structure of the Chinese language
are systematically examined. By using written works and recordings
from Beijingers, the authors discuss topics such as the
relationship between word order and focus, and the distinction
between normal focus and contrastive focus. In addition, the
authors also subject the reference and grammatical categories of
the Chinese language to a functional scrutiny while discussion of
word classes and their functions creatively combines modern
linguistic theories and traditional Chinese linguistic theories.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese
linguistics and linguistics in general.
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Letters to a Writer of Color (Paperback)
Deepa Anappara, Taymour Soomro; Contributions by Madeleine Thien, Tiphanie Yanique, Xiaolu Guo
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Tang poetry is one of the most valuable cultural inheritances of
Chinese history. Its distinctive aesthetics, delicate language, and
diverse styles constitute great literature in itself, as well as a
rich topic for literary study. This two-volume set constitutes a
classic analysis of Tang poetry in the "Golden Age" of Chinese
poetry (618-907 CE). In this volume, the author provides a general
understanding of poetry in the "High Tang" era from a range of
perspectives. Starting with an indepth discussion of the Romantic
tradition and historical context, the author focuses on poetic
language patterns, Youth Spirit, maturity symbols, and prototypes
of poetry. The author demonstrates that the most valuable part of
Tang poetry is how it can provide people with a new perspective on
every aspect of life. This book will appeal to researchers,
scholars, and students of Chinese literature and especially of
classical Chinese poetry. People interested in Chinese culture more
widely will also benefit from this book.
Tang poetry is one of the most valuable cultural inheritances of
Chinese history. Its distinctive aesthetics, delicate language and
diverse styles constitute great Literature in itself, as well as a
rich topic for literary study. This two-volume set constitutes a
classic analysis of Tang poetry in the "Golden Age" of Chinese
poetry (618-907 CE). This volume focuses on the prominent Tang
poets and poems. Beginning with an introduction to the "four
greatest poets"-Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, and Bai Juyi-the author
discusses their subjects, language, influence, and key works. The
volume also includes essays on a dozen of masterpieces of Tang
poetry, categorized by topics such as love and friendship,
aspirations and seclusion, as well as travelling and nostalgia. As
the author stresses, Tang poetry is worth rereading because it
makes us invigorate our mental wellbeing, leaving it powerful and
full of vitality. This book will appeal to researchers and students
of Chinese literature, especially of classical Chinese poetry.
People interested in Chinese culture will also benefit from the
book.
The new memoir from prize-winning writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo -
playful, provocative and original, it's her deeply personal take on
striving for a life of her own 'When it comes to spinning light and
shadow on the complexities of living, loving and language, Xiaolu
Guo is one of the most valuable writers in the world' DEBORAH LEVY
The world can seem strange and lonely when you step away from your
family and everything you have tried to call your own. Yet beauty
may also appear. In the autumn of 2019 Xiaolu travelled to New York
to take up her position as a visiting professor for a year, leaving
her child and partner behind in London. The encounter with American
culture and people threatens her sense of identity and throws her
into a crisis - of meaning, desire, obligation and selfhood. This
is a memoir about separation - by continents, by language, and from
people. It's about being an outsider and the desperate longing to
connect. Xiaolu uses her exploration of language (one of the
meanings of the word 'radical' is the graphic component, or root,
of Chinese characters), and her own life, to create this unique
text. At once a memoir, a dictionary, and an ardent love letter, it
is an expression of her fascination with Western culture and her
nostalgia for Eastern landscapes, and an attempt to describe the
space in between. An archive of an artist's search for creative
freedom, it is above all else an intimate account of her efforts to
carve out a life of her own. 'Radical in angle of attack, smart and
brave' IAIN SINCLAIR, author of The Gold Machine
On the basis of first-hand materials gathered through decades of
field research and fleshed out with the author's insightful
religious, cultural, and historical observations extending back to
the Qing dynasty, ancient archaeological discoveries, and the
legacy of Siberian peoples, this two-volume ethnological study
investigates shamanic rituals, myths, and lore in northern China
and explores the common ideology underlying the origins of the
region's cultures. This second volume focuses on northern shamanic
divination, spirit idols, and folklore covering the myths of the
Manchu-Tungus, Manchu creation shrine tales, and individual tribal
myths. This mythic heritage helps identify shared patterns of
thought among the ethnic peoples of northern China; points to
cultural integration with Buddhist, Daoist, and Han Chinese
cultures; and shows their understand of the natural world, the
creation of humankind, social life, and history and their
interactions with their surroundings. In this regard, shamanic
spirituality in northern China is characterized by functionality
and practicality in daily life situations, in contrast to the
received wisdom that defines shamanic praxis as a pure supernatural
spirit journey. The book will be of great value to scholars of
religion and to both anthropologists and ethnologists in the fields
of shamanism studies, Northeast Asian folklore, and Manchu studies.
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Not Quite Right For Us (Paperback)
Sharmilla Beezmohun; Foreword by Linton Kwesi Johnson; Xiaolu Guo, Kerry Hudson, Jay Bernard, …
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Defiant, humorous, empathetic and insightful, 'Not Quite Right For
Us' pierces through the hierarchical mechanics of class, race,
gender. A celebration of outsiderness and an ode to otherness, 'Not
Quite Right For Us' is a singular collection of stories, essays and
poems by a dynamic mix of established and surging voices alike,
edited by Sharmilla Beezmohun and including Linton Kwesi Johnson,
Aminatta Forna, Xiaolu Guo, Johny Pitts, Rishi Dastidar, Tim Wells
and Rafeef Ziadah. This remarkable anthology marks the tenth
anniversary of the live-literature organisation co-founded by
Sharmilla, Speaking Volumes. Part cri du coeur, part warning shot,
part affirmation, this is the book we need now.
The functional perspective on Chinese syntax has yielded various
new achievements since its introduction to Chinese linguistics in
the 1980s. This two-volume book is one of the earliest and most
influential works to study the Chinese language using functional
grammar. With local Beijing vernacular (Pekingese) as a basis, the
information structure and focus structure of the Chinese language
are systematically examined. By using written works and recordings
from Beijingers, the authors discuss topics such as the
relationship between word order and focus, and the distinction
between normal focus and contrastive focus. In addition, the
authors also subject the reference and grammatical categories of
the Chinese language to a functional scrutiny while discussion of
word classes and their functions creatively combines modern
linguistic theories and traditional Chinese linguistic theories.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese
linguistics and linguistics in general.
The functional perspective on Chinese syntax has yielded various
new achievements since its introduction to Chinese linguistics in
the 1980s. This two-volume book is one of the earliest and most
influential works to study the Chinese language using functional
grammar. With local Beijing vernacular (Pekingese) as a basis, the
information structure and focus structure of the Chinese language
are systematically examined. By using written works and recordings
from Beijingers, the authors discuss topics such as the
relationship between word order and focus, and the distinction
between normal focus and contrastive focus. In addition, the
authors also subject the reference and grammatical categories of
the Chinese language to a functional scrutiny while discussion of
word classes and their functions creatively combines modern
linguistic theories and traditional Chinese linguistic theories.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese
linguistics and linguistics in general.
Regulation is a public policy approach closely related to
calculations of the equilibrium of supply and demand and to
cost-benefit analyses. Governments combine a variety of incentives
and restrictions on behavior, including laws and regulations, in
order to guide enterprises and smaller entities within the economy
toward pursuing policies in the public interest. This book offers
an in-depth and systematic review of the economic theory of
regulation, with particular emphasis on the Chinese context. The
basic concepts cover economic and social regulation, regulatory
process, regulation under asymmetric information, and capture
theory. Drawing on a broad range of cases from across the
telecommunications, electric power, and water sectors since the
founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the author
explores economic regulation in China with reference to natural
monopoly, investment, price level and price structure, entry, and
competition. In addition, he discusses theories of externalities
and asymmetric information, which are analyzed in the light of
China's environmental and product quality regulation. The author
argues that the Chinese government has deregulated its economy to a
large extent in the past and proposes that the Chinese government
will enforce more social regulation in the future. Students and
scholars of government regulation, economics, and industrial
organization will find this volume to be an essential guide.
Heidegger characterizes the relationship between language and Being
as "language is the house of Being", negating the idea that
language is merely a tool ready to be used at hand. Drawing on this
idea, as well as ideas from anthropology, pragmatics, and folklore
studies, the author argues that "language is the last homestead of
human beings", meaning that mankind lives within language, has to
live within language, and lives in formulaic speech events. The
author takes Western classic works on the philosophy of language
and his own insights of language use, rooted in traditional Chinese
culture, in order to develop his own localized theory. In this
title, the author explores the philosophical aspect of man's
survival by presenting day-to-day exchange routines such as
weddings and fortune-telling dialogues in the Chinese context.
Awarded the first prize for Academic Excellence in Philosophy and
Social Sciences in Guangdong Province, and second prize in the
second Xu Guozhang Award for Foreign Language Studies, this is a
must-read for researchers interested in philosophy of language and
pragmatics.
On the basis of first-hand materials gathered through decades of
field research and fleshed out with the author's insightful
religious, cultural, and historical observations extending back to
the Qing dynasty, ancient archaeological discoveries, and the
legacy of Siberian peoples, this two-volume ethnological study
investigates shamanic rituals, myths, and lore in northern China
and explores the common ideology underlying the origins of the
region's cultures. Drawing from numerous oral myths, ancient
documents, and archaeological findings, this first volume discusses
the spiritual world of northern shamanism and investigates the
various rituals, including ancestor worship, fertility, nature
deities, blood sacrifice and rites, the worshiping of nature, and
shrines. The book illuminates how these rituals and worships,
animism, and ideas of the soul are imbedded in and interweave with
the indigenous environment, culture, and history of the clans and
people of northern China. The book will be of great value to
scholars of religion and to both anthropologists and ethnologists
in the fields of shamanism studies, Northeast Asian folklore, and
Manchu studies.
A loanword, or wailaici, is a word with similar meaning and
phonetic form to a word from a foreign language that has been
naturalized in the recipient language. From ancient times, cultural
exchanges between China and other countries has brought and
integrated a myriad of loanwords to the Chinese language.
Approaching the topic from a diachronic perspective, this volume is
the first book-length work to chart the developmental trajectory,
features, functions, and categories of loanwords into Chinese.
Beginning with a general introduction to the Chinese loanword
system, the author delves deeper to explore trends and
standardization in Chinese loanword studies and the research
landscape of contemporary loanword studies more generally.
Combining theoretical reflections with real-life examples of
Chinese loanwords, the author discusses not only long-established
examples from the dictionary but also a great number of significant
loanwords adopted in the 21st century. The author shows how the
complexity of the Chinese loanword system is intertwined with the
intricacies of the Chinese character system. This title will be an
essential reference for students, scholars, and general readers who
are interested in Chinese loanwords, linguistics, and language and
culture.
From Descartes to Spinoza, Western philosophers have attempted to
propose an axiomatic systemization of ethics. However, without
consensus on the contents and objects of ethics, the system remains
incomplete. This four-volume set presents a model that highlights a
Chinese philosopher's insights into ethics after a 22-year study.
Three essential components of ethics are examined: meta-ethics,
normative ethics, and virtue ethics. In this volume, the author
analyzes the relationship between people's sense of reputation, the
political and economic status of a nation, and the observation of
virtue ethics, and he argues that reputation can encourage people
to conform to virtue ethics. In addition, a nation's political and
economic status is closely connected to people's virtue ethics.
That is, people will have higher virtue ethics when constitutional
democracy, a market economy without government control, freedom of
speech, and the moral system of liberalism and egalitarianism are
established in a nation. This title is an essential read for
students and scholars of ethics and philosophy in general.
In the four volumes of The Development Trajectory of Eastern
Societies and the Theories and Practices of Socialism, the author
re-examines Marx and Engels' theories on the development trajectory
of Eastern societies by integrating theoretical analysis of Marxist
theories and a historical investigation of socialist revolution and
socialist construction around the world. Pointing out the guiding
significance of five aspects of the basic principles of Marxism for
studying how Eastern societies develop, this volume interrogates
various assumptions that have prevailed in academia, addresses
unexplained topics, and offers insight into the understanding of
these basic principles. The result is a penetrating and specific
understanding of Marxist basic principles and the development
trajectory of Eastern societies. Critical engagement with
predominant understandings and a refreshing reformulation of
Marxist theoretical bases make the book a key new reference for
readers who are studying or are interested in Marxism, Marxist
philosophy, and the history of philosophy.
In the four volumes of The Development Trajectory of Eastern
Societies and the Theories and Practices of Socialism, the author
re-examines Marx and Engels' theories on the development trajectory
of Eastern societies by integrating theoretical analysis of Marxist
theories and a historical investigation of socialist revolution and
socialist construction around the world. This second volume focuses
on Marx and Engels' historical materialism, explains the general
laws of historical development, and brings this to bear within the
context of Eastern societies. The author notes that Marx and
Engels' historical materialism and its derivative theories on
Eastern societies are compatible and interconnected. In addition,
he reveals how Marx and Engels' theory of the "Asiatic mode of
production" plays an important part in the development trajectory
of Eastern societies, and is closely related to their theory of
"five social forms." This volume is a key reference for readers who
study and are interested in Marxism, Marxist philosophy, and the
history of philosophy.
The book proposes a new academic concept, "Cultural Reverse"
(????), referring to the phenomeno beginning in China in the 1980s
in which the older generation started to learn from the younger
generation, and analyses the multiple causes and social impacts of
this trend. Following on from the first volume, this second volume
further analyses the multiple causes of cultural reverse, including
rapid social change, the influence of peer groups, and the impact
of the media. Then, in a broader context, the author discusses the
complex interdependence of and conflict among the State, society,
and youth. He tells a story of the transformation of Chinese youth
over the past hundred years, and names this "one-place"
(fast-changing China) and "one-time only" (unrepeatable) phenomenon
"China feeling". The innovative content of the book pushes the
barriers of the academic field. Scholars of Chinese sociology and
general readers interested in contemporary Chinese society will
find this book to be essential.
In the four volumes of The Development Trajectory of Eastern
Societies and the Theories and Practices of Socialism, the author
re-examines the Marx and Engel's theories on the development
trajectory of Eastern societies by integrating theoretical analysis
of Marxist theories and a historical investigation of socialist
revolution and construction around the world. This volume discusses
the desire of the Russian commune to "leap over the Caudine Forks
of capitalism," which means to avoid the torments of the capitalist
system, according to Marx and Engels' theories. The author argues
that it is essential to use the logic intrinsic in Marx and Engels'
own works rather than those of subsequent disciples such as Lenin
as well as other leaders in the Soviet Union or within China's
contemporary socialism. Readers who study Marxism, Marxist
philosophy, philosophical history, and the history of philosophy
will find this volume interesting.
The phenomenon of "Cultural Reverse" (????) emerged in the 1980s
after China's reform and opening up. In this era of rapid social
change, the older generation started to learn from the younger
generation across many fields, in a way that is markedly similar to
the biological phenomenon of "The old crow that keeps barking, fed
by their children" from ancient Chinese poetry. In this book, the
author discusses this new academic concept and other aspects of
Chinese intergenerational relations. In the first volume, the
author explains some popular social science theories about
generations, traces the history of Chinese intergenerational
relationships, and, through focus group interviews with 77 families
in mainland China, comprehensively discusses the younger
generation's values, attitudes, behavior patterns, and the ways in
which they differ from their ancestors'. The book will be a
valuable resource for scholars of Chinese sociology, and also
general readers interested in contemporary Chinese society.
In the four volumes of The Development Trajectory of Eastern
Society and the Theories and Practices of Socialism, the author
re-examines Marx and Engel's theories on the development trajectory
of the Eastern societies by integrating theoretical analysis of
Marxist theories and a historical investigation of socialist
revolution and construction around the world. This volume discusses
the victories and failures of the 100-year trajectory of socialism.
Since the Russian Revolution of October 1917, socialism has been
practiced for nearly a hundred years in countries at various stages
of development. The author provides a proper synthesis of the
lessons derived from socialism's first hundred years as well as
China's reforms and interaction with the world. In addition, he
analyzes Marx and Engels' socialist theories and their significance
for contemporary social development in Eastern societies. Readers
who study Marxism, Marxist philosophy, philosophical history and
the history of philosophy will find this volume of immense
interest.
Chinese grammar is characterized by its simple structure, lack of
inflections, and wide use of monosyllabic morphemes. With the
increased popularity of learning Chinese as a second language,
there is a demand for a guide to Chinese grammar that's targeted at
second language learners. This four-volume set is one of the
earliest and most influential works of Chinese grammar, with a
special focus on teaching and learning Chinese as a second
language. Drawing on rich teaching experience, the authors analyze
a myriad of real-world examples to describe Chinese grammatical
phenomena and rules while introducing the general grammar system of
Chinese. This volume introduces several simple sentence and
compound sentence structures of modern Chinese grammar. In
addition, the authors examine discourse and other larger units of
sentences in use. Since the first edition came out in 1983, this
set has been revised twice and remained one of the best sellers in
the field. Practitioners and scholars of teaching Chinese as a
second language, as well as students with a basic knowledge of
Chinese, will find it to be a handy reference.
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