03043nam 22006374a 450 991077825420332120220303015652.00-8047-6810-21-4356-0891-710.1515/9780804768108(CKB)1000000000480342(OCoLC)290563513(CaPaEBR)ebrary10180128(SSID)ssj0000131063(PQKBManifestationID)11135534(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131063(PQKBWorkID)10016489(PQKB)11469574(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127923(Au-PeEL)EBL3037551(CaPaEBR)ebr10180128(OCoLC)923699983(DE-B1597)581518(DE-B1597)9780804768108(MiAaPQ)EBC3037551(OCoLC)1294425649(EXLCZ)99100000000048034220060314d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrCorruption and realism in late socialist China[electronic resource] the return of the political novel /Jeffrey C. KinkleyStanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20071 online resource (301 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8047-5485-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-267) and index.Front matter --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 Heavens 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 --IndexExamines the rebirth of the Chinese political novel and its media adaptations, explaining how the works reflect contemporary Chinese life and how they embody Chinese traditions of social criticism, literary realism, and contemplation of taboo subjects. This book includes excerpts from personal interviews with China's 3 anticorruption novelists.Chinese fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismPolitical fiction, ChineseHistory and criticismPolitics and literatureChinaChinese fictionHistory and criticism.Political fiction, ChineseHistory and criticism.Politics and literature895.1/35209358Kinkley Jeffrey C.1948-621614MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778254203321Corruption and realism in late socialist China1372420UNINA