Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 149 pages) |
Contents |
Figures; Introduction; P A R T I; Chapter 1. Work Unit Compound: An Emergence of a New Urban Space; Chapter 2. "Gongheguo xingui" (New Aristocrats of the PRC); Chapter 3. Red Nostalgia in the Literature of the Military Compound; P A R T I I; Chapter 4. Siheyuan: Signifier of Traditional and Masculine City; Chapter 5. Second-Generation Beijing Flavor Writers; Chapter 6. Traditional Beijing and Masculine Beijing in Second-Generation Beijing Flavor Literature; P A R T I I I; Chapter 7. Modern and Postmodern Architectures: Presentations of the Global Context; Chapter 8. Beijing Floaters |
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Chapter 9. Cosmopolitan Metropolis as an Urban Dream in Sixth-Generation FilmsConclusion; References; Index; About the Author |
Summary |
This study investigates some literary configurations of Beijing through contemporary Chinese literature and films. These configurations as "revolutionary Beijing", "traditional and masculine Beijing", "global Beijing as a Urban Dream" are built upon three specific urban spaces: military compound, traditional dwellings, and some post-modern architectures. Representation of these spaces are revealed to be the projections of some writers and filmmakers' own cultural imaginations |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 07, 2016) |
Subject |
Chinese literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Chinese literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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Motion pictures, Chinese -- History and criticism
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Public spaces in literature.
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Public spaces -- China -- Beijing
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
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Chinese literature.
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Literature.
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Motion pictures.
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Motion pictures, Chinese.
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Public spaces.
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Public spaces in literature.
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SUBJECT |
Beijing (China) -- In literature
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China -- In motion pictures.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024205
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Subject |
China.
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China -- Beijing.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2016012613 |
ISBN |
9781498531023 |
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1498531024 |
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