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Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature.

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"Lu Tonglin surveys and studies the experimental fiction of the late 1980s in contemporary China. . . . This experimental fiction is of particular interest because it radically subverts socialist realism. . . . With its feminist perspective, this study throws new light on the way both experimental fiction and contemporary China can be explained." —Choice

Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. Revolution: hope without future or future without hope?; 2. Red Sorghum: limits of transgression; 3. Can Xue: what is so paranoid in her writings?; 4. Quest in time and space as a new history of ancient and modern Tibet; 5. Femininity and masculinity in Su Tong's trilogy; 6. Violence and cultural nihilism; Conclusion.

Misogyny Cultural Nihilism and Oppositional

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/1995
      ISBN13: 9780804724647, 978-0804724647
      ISBN10: 0804724644
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature.

      Trade Review
      "Lu Tonglin surveys and studies the experimental fiction of the late 1980s in contemporary China. . . . This experimental fiction is of particular interest because it radically subverts socialist realism. . . . With its feminist perspective, this study throws new light on the way both experimental fiction and contemporary China can be explained." —Choice

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1. Revolution: hope without future or future without hope?; 2. Red Sorghum: limits of transgression; 3. Can Xue: what is so paranoid in her writings?; 4. Quest in time and space as a new history of ancient and modern Tibet; 5. Femininity and masculinity in Su Tong's trilogy; 6. Violence and cultural nihilism; Conclusion.

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