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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455100303321

Autore

Larson Wendy

Titolo

From Ah Q to Lei Feng [[electronic resource] ] : Freud and revolutionary spirit in 20th century China / / Wendy Larson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8047-6982-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

895.1/09353

Soggetti

Chinese literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Psychoanalysis and literature - China

Psychoanalysis and motion pictures - China

Literature and history - China

Electronic books.

China History Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 Literature and the revolution

China History Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 Motion pictures and the revolution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-309) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Freudian obsessions -- Psychology and Freudian sexual theory in early 20th century China -- From Ah Q to Lei Feng : revolutionary discourse and the spirit -- The spirit of the countryside : Mang Ke's Wild things and Wang Xiaobo's The golden years -- Extracting the revolutionary spirit : Jiang Wen's In the heat of the sun and Anchee Min's Red azalea -- The workspace of a new age Maoist : He Jianjun's The postman -- Conclusion : history and literary aesthetics in the study of modern Chinese culture.

Sommario/riassunto

When Freudian sexual theory hit China in the early 20th century it ran up against competing models of the mind from Chinese tradition and the new revolutionary culture. The present volume investigates this clash and explores how writers and filmmakers negotiated with the implications of each model.