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Record Nr.

UNINA9910774615703321

Titolo

Utopia and modernity in China : contradictions in transition / / edited by David Margolies and Qing Cao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Pluto Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

1-78680-834-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 pages)

Disciplina

330.9

Soggetti

Economic development - China

Economic history

China Civilization 1949-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction - David Margolies and Qing Cao -- 1. The Lure of Utopia - Qing Cao -- 2. Utopian Future in Chinese Poetry - Yang Zhou -- 3. The China Dream - Yonit Manor-Percival -- 4. Nostalgic Utopia in Chinese Aesthetic Modernity - Jie Wang -- 5. American Dreams in China - Qinghong Yin -- 6. Between Reality and Utopia - Jiaona Xu -- 7. Eco-humanism and the Construction of Eco-aesthetics in China - Xiangzhan Cheng -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Exploring the conflict between China's rapid modernisation and the west, as well as its own traditional values.