Yiyan Wang

Narrating China (eBook, PDF)

Jia Pingwa and his Fictional World

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Produktbeschreibung

Jia Pingwa, whose novels have caused both fame and controversy, has an enormous readership throughout the Chinese speaking world. However, despite Pingwa's cultural significance and the use of his poetry, novels and prose in schools and universities, there has never been any substantial academic study of the writer and his writings. Filling that gap, this book examines the corpus of Pingwa's writing and emphasizes his importance, prominence and relevance to contemporary Chinese society.

This pioneering study discusses Pingwa's works in the light of 'cultural nationalism', showing how he links the cultural identity of China with the cultural authenticity of his local Shaanxi Province. In addition, the book highlights issues of nationalism in contemporary Chinese literature and underpins the significance of regional writing in negotiating China's national identities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134357956
• Artikelnr.: 42977136

Autorenporträt

Yiyan Wang

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Life and Career of Jia Pingwa 3. Defunct Capital and
Cultural Landscaping 4. Defunct Capital and the Sexual Dissident 5. Defunct
Capital and Female Domesticity 6. White Nights and Sleepless in Xijing 7.
Earth Gate and Loss of the Native Place 8. Old Gao Village and Native Place
Dystopia 9. Remembering Wolves through Local Events 10. Poetry, Essays and
Jia Pingwa's Literary Personage Conclusion - Poetics of Native Place
Narrating China and Cultural Ethnography Authenticity and Fictional
Estrangement From Health Report to Local Accent: Future Poetics of Native
Place Appendixes 1. Interview with Wang Yiyan 2. Chronology 3.
Autobiographies and critical biographies 4. Works by Jia Pingwa