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Corruption and Realism in Late Socialist China : The Return of the Political Novel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (301 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780804768108
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Corruption and Realism in Late Socialist ChinaDDC classification:
  • 895.1/35209358
LOC classification:
  • PL2443
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: Corruption, Realism, and the Return of the Political Novel -- 2 The Trendsetter: Lu Tianming's Heaven Above -- 3 The Banned Blockbuster: Chen Fang's Heaven's Wrath -- 4 Climax: The Alarum and Standard-Bearer- Zhang Ping's Choice -- 5 Anticorruption by Indirection: Wang Yuewen's National Portrait -- 6 Dirt Plus Soap Equals Pay Dirt: Liu Ping's Dossier on Smuggling -- 7 Chinese Realism, Popular Culture, and the Critics -- 8 Conclusion: The Chinese Discourse of Corruption- and Its Limits -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Character List -- Index.
Summary: The first analysis in any language of China's recent epic novels about official corruption, this book explores how Chinese authors treat the theme of official malfeasance in mass-market thrillers, how those works reflect modern life, and how they approach the taboo subject of regime change.
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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: Corruption, Realism, and the Return of the Political Novel -- 2 The Trendsetter: Lu Tianming's Heaven Above -- 3 The Banned Blockbuster: Chen Fang's Heaven's Wrath -- 4 Climax: The Alarum and Standard-Bearer- Zhang Ping's Choice -- 5 Anticorruption by Indirection: Wang Yuewen's National Portrait -- 6 Dirt Plus Soap Equals Pay Dirt: Liu Ping's Dossier on Smuggling -- 7 Chinese Realism, Popular Culture, and the Critics -- 8 Conclusion: The Chinese Discourse of Corruption- and Its Limits -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Character List -- Index.

The first analysis in any language of China's recent epic novels about official corruption, this book explores how Chinese authors treat the theme of official malfeasance in mass-market thrillers, how those works reflect modern life, and how they approach the taboo subject of regime change.

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