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Title China and the humanities : at the crossroads of the human and the humane / editor: Kang Tchou
Edition 1st ed
Published Champaign, Ill. : Common Ground Pub., ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 266 pages : illustrations (some color))
Series The humanities
Contents Introduction: A new direction for the humanities / Kang Tchou -- Part One. A culture of humaneness -- Human rights in China and my experiences / Wu Qing -- Love for neighbors: using Kierkegaard to respond to Zizek / Alison Assiter -- Student engagement: thoughts on the anniversary of the Tiananmen student uprising / Judy Lattas -- Part Two. The humanities in China -- Shang dynasty oracle bone agency: its contemporary philosophical significance / Astrid Vicas -- From heroes to villains: comparison between the Ming novel Shui hu zhuan [or The outlaws of the marsh] and the Qing dyansty adapted court play Zhong yi xuan tu [or A diagram of the stars of loyalty and righteousness] / Sasiporn Petcharapiruch -- Virginia Woolf in contemporary Chinese media: an investigation / Cao Xiaoqin -- The cinematic transformation in post-socialist China: a case study of the film Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia [or Curse of the golden flower] directed by Zhang Yimou / Ma Lunpeng -- Part Three. Humanities' mark on people -- L'université l'Aurore [Zhen dan da xue]: the relevance of a foreign university in China / Cecile Leung -- Governance on the production of identity: consuming western high culture in contemporary Shanghai / Xu Fang -- Teaching an Other Literature in China: is the speaker of Dylan Thomas' "Do not go gentle into that good night" a good son? / Charles Lowe -- Assimilative apprehensions and strategic responses: Uyghur counter-narratives / Robert Warren Wilson -- Equality of opportunity and development for ethnic minority girls
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Humanities -- China
Arts, Chinese -- 21st century
Humanity -- China
Arts, Chinese
Humanities
Humanity
China
Form Electronic book
Author Tchou, Kang.
ISBN 9781612291260
1612291260