{"product_id":"questioning-the-chinese-model-oppositional-political-novels-in-early-twenty-first-century-china-hardback-9781487544348","title":"Questioning the Chinese Model; Oppositional Political Novels in Early Twenty-First Century China (Hardback) 9781487544348","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eQuestioning the Chinese Model\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOppositional Political Novels in Early Twenty-First Century China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eZhansui Yu (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487544348\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 March 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e266 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Yu\u0026amp;#x2019;s directness in bridging hard-hitting Chinese intellectual poignancy and the country\u0026amp;#x2019;s increasingly opaque political development is a welcome effort in the mapping of politically engaged intellectual expression in late reform-era China.\" - Peng Hai, University of Pittsburgh (\u003cem\u003eThe China Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early twenty-first century, the Chinese literary world saw an emergence of fictional works – dubbed as \"oppositional political novels\" – that took political articulation as their major purpose and questioned the fundamental principles and intrinsic logic of the Chinese model. Based on close readings of five representative oppositional Chinese political novels, \u003ci\u003eQuestioning the Chinese Model\u003c\/i\u003e examines the sociopolitical connotations and epistemological values of these novels in the broad context of modern Chinese intellectual history and contemporary Chinese politics and society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZhansui Yu provides a sketch of the social, political, and intellectual landscape of present-day China. He investigates the dialectic relationship between the arts and politics in the Chinese context, the mechanisms and dynamics of censorship in the age of the Internet and commercialization, and the ideological limitations of oppositional Chinese political novels. In the process of textual and social analysis, Yu extensively cites Western political philosophers, such as Hannah Arendt, Antonio Gramsci, Michel Foucault, and references well-regarded studies on Chinese literature, politics, society, and the Chinese intelligentsia. Examining oppositional Chinese political novels from multiple perspectives, \u003ci\u003eQuestioning the Chinese Model\u003c\/i\u003e applies a broad range of knowledge beyond merely the literary field. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: Rise of Oppositional Chinese Political Novels\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eChinese Political Fiction in the Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003eSociopolitical Crisis and Re-politicization of Society in the New Century\u003cbr\u003ePropitious Circumstances for Political Articulation\u003cbr\u003eScope, Themes, Methodology, and Structure of the Book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Destruction of Communist Myths\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThem versus Us: Subversion of the Party-People Myth\u003cbr\u003eFrom Critics to Servants: Changed Role of Chinese Intellectuals after Tiananmen\u003cbr\u003eNationalism as State Ideology\u003cbr\u003eIdeologization of Morality, Hedonism, and Political Acquiescence\u003cbr\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. \u003cem\u003eWolf Totem\u003c\/em\u003e: Paradoxical Eulogy to a Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWolf Totem\u003c\/em\u003e and Mongolian Correlative Cosmology\u003cbr\u003eSocial Darwinism, Reverse Chauvinism, and Nationalism\u003cbr\u003eA Wolf Destroyed by the \"Wolf Logic\"\u003cbr\u003eIdeological Hegemony behind a Literary Sensation\u003cbr\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. \u003cem\u003eLenin\u0026amp;#x2019;s Kisses\u003c\/em\u003e: Absurdity, Dehumanization, and Dilemma of the Chinese Utopia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevolution as Nightmare\u003cbr\u003eContemporary Freak Show: Absurdity and Cruelty of the Biopolitics of a Utopia\u003cbr\u003e \"With Money, Anything Is Possible\"\u003cbr\u003eArbitrariness of Power, Sustainability of Dictatorship, and Dead-End Future\u003cbr\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuch Is This \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorld@sars.come\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e: Dictatorship as a Fatal Disease\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lockdown\" as Social Reality and Political Allegory\u003cbr\u003eThe Terrifying \"Old Crone\" behind the Screen\u003cbr\u003eThe Chinese Intelligentsia after Tiananmen: Cynicism and Division\u003cbr\u003eTwo Faces of the Party: Ugliness behind a Lovely Mask\u003cbr\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. \u003cem\u003eThe Fat Years\u003c\/em\u003e: Social Injustice, Forced Amnesia, Distorted Mentality, and Fascism\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFake Paradise: Darkness behind the Chinese \"Miracle\"\u003cbr\u003eFalsified History and Forced Amnesia\u003cbr\u003eMental Distortion and Spiritual Agony\u003cbr\u003e\"Fascism? We Are Only in Its Early Stages!\"\u003cbr\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6. \u003cem\u003eThe Seventh Day\u003c\/em\u003e: Dystopian Wasteland versus Modern Peach Blossom Spring\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eBloody Predation and Deceptive Propaganda\u003cbr\u003eDestruction of Sanctified Human Feelings\u003cbr\u003eBanality of Evil: Callous Indifference and Moral Corruption\u003cbr\u003ePeach Blossom Spring: Utopia of Truth, Love, and Happiness\u003cbr\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue: Limits of Transgression and Mechanisms of Counter-Censorship\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595787923736,"sku":"9781487544348","price":36.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/questioning-the-chinese-model-oppositional-political-novels-in-early-twenty-first-century-china-hardback-9781487544348","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}