{"product_id":"the-mouth-that-begs-9780822323419","title":"The Mouth That Begs","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A very provocative view of the way modern Chinese practice, imagine, and politicize food culture and alimentary discourse. Instead of paying only lip service to materiality, Yue truly grapples with the material aspect of Chinese modernity.”—David Wang, author of \u003ci\u003eFictional Realism in Modern China: Mao Dun, Lao She, Shen Congwen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Eating is certainly one of the great cultural metaphors in China, past and present. \u003ci\u003eThe Mouth That Begs\u003c\/i\u003e is magnificent—sophisticated in writing and original in approach and interpretation. A most brilliant work indeed.”—Leo Ou-fan Lee, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e I. The Social Embodiment of Modernity 61\u003cbr\u003e II. Writing Hunger: From Mao to the Dao 145\u003cbr\u003e III. The Return (of) Cannibalism after Tianamen, or Red Monument in a Latrine Pit 222\u003cbr\u003e IV. Sampling of Variety: Gender and Cross-Cultural Perspectives 289\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion 372\u003cbr\u003e Notes 383\u003cbr\u003e Glossary 407\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 419\u003cbr\u003e Index 435\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406023237975,"sku":"9780822323419","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822323419.jpg?v=1730494277","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-mouth-that-begs-9780822323419","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}