{"product_id":"a-letter-to-china-9781433176418","title":"A Letter to China","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edited collection brings together a range of essays that examine the maze of Chinese postmodernity. The essays explore the global expansion of capital as a structural crisis represented in art and literature. It ultimately acknowledges the ambiguity of Chinese postmodernity, the overlapping cultural paradigms of Confucian ethics and a capitalist economy, residual of Maoism, socialist relations, and individualist philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments –\u003ci\u003e Preface \u003c\/i\u003e–\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe Matrix of Civilizations –\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe Myth of Progress: Why Did Zheng He Not Go Eastwards? –\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eWestern Elements in the Art of Feng Zikai –\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe Labyrinth of Postmodernity –\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e1919–2019 China: The May Fourth Prophecy and the Postmodern Turn –\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ePost-Maoist Era and the Westernization of Time –\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAmerican and Chinese Literature. Behind the Mask of Postmodernism: A National Failure –\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eFemale Aesthetics –\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eWomen of Realism: Madame Bovary, Anna Karenina, and Wang Qiyao –\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eFemale Writing in Chinese Postmodern Literature: From Neorealism to Avant-Garde –\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe Case of Wei Hui and Mian Mian: It Is Not About China –\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eArtistic Maladie –\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe Absurd Consciousness of Chinese Avant-Garde Art –\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe Oedipal Fate of Chinese Literary Avant-Garde –\u003ci\u003e Chinese Character List \u003c\/i\u003e–\u003ci\u003eIndex.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039669616983,"sku":"9781433176418","price":68.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433176418.jpg?v=1750944427","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-letter-to-china-9781433176418","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}