The Living tree : the changing meaning of being Chinese today

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The Living tree : the changing meaning of being Chinese today

edited by Tu Wei-ming

Stanford University Press, 1994

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-288) and index

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巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780804721370

内容説明

Growing out of a highly acclaimed issue of Daedalus (Spring 1991), this volume explores the emergence of a cultural space that both encompasses and transcends the ethnic, territorial, linguistic, and religious boundaries that normally define Chineseness. By challenging the hegemonic discourse of the political core in Beijing, this newly constructed cultural space opens up exciting possibilities for concerned intellectuals worldwide as well as peripheral Chinese communities around the globe to provide inside perspectives on the meaning of being Chinese. Eleven leading scholars of Chinese society have imaginatively articulated the ambiguities and implications of this cultural space as a historically significant phenomenon. In the twentieth century, China experienced a level of cultural confusion it had never before known, as revolution, war, economic dislocation, and political authoritarianism took a heavy toll. One product of almost continual turmoil was an unprecedented rate of emigration. Another was the challenging of traditional Chinese culture by several Western ideologies, including Marxism. The whole concept of modernity, with all its ambiguities, had profound effects on many aspects of the Chinese world, both in China and abroad. These essays attempt to illuminate how the events of the twentieth century in China affected the Chinese living outside China and suggest important reciprocal influences. Among the topics discussed are the long-range historical influence of the overseas Chinese, the relationship between ordinary Chinese and their leaders, a comparison of Han and non-Han cultural identities, the meaning of being a Chinese exile, the Chinese experience of living among non-Chinese, the Asian American experience, the "evil wife" in contemporary Chinese fiction, and, in a glance backward, what it meant to be Chinese before the invasion of the West.

目次

  • 1. Cultural China: the periphery as the center Tu Wei-ming
  • 2. The inner world of 1830 Mark Elvin
  • 3. No solace from Lethe: history, memory, and cultural identity in twentieth-century China Vera Schwarcz
  • 4. Being Chinese: the peripheralization of traditional identity Myron L. Cohen
  • 5. Kuan-hsi and network building: a sociological interpretation Ambrose Yeo-chi King
  • 6. Among non-Chinese Wang Gungwu
  • 7. The construction of Chinese and non-Chinese identities David Yen-ho Wu
  • 8. The 'evil wife' in contemporary Chinese fiction Zhu Hong
  • 9. Roots and the changing identity of the Chinese in the United States L. Ling-chi Wang
  • 10. From Qiao to Qiao Victor Hao Li
  • 11. On the margins of the Chinese discourse: some personal thoughts on the cultural meaning of the periphery Leo Ou-fa n Lee
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Index.
巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780804721912

内容説明

The underlying themes of this volume are the relations between a central cultural core, situated in China, and the various peripheral communities around the world where large numbers of Chinese have settled, and the way those relations have changed over time. What does it mean today to be Chinese? These questions have many dimensions, which are addressed in varied ways by eleven of the leading scholars of Chinese intellectual life from several parts of the globe. In the twentieth century, China experienced a level of cultural confusion it had never before known. One product of the turmoil was an unprecedented rate of emigration. Another was the challenging of traditional Chinese culture by several Western ideologies, including Marxism. The whole concept of modernity, with all its ambiguities, had profound effects on many aspects of the Chinese world, both in China and abroad. These essays attempt to illuminate how the events of the twentieth century in China affected the Chinese living outside China and suggest important reciprocal influences.

目次

  • 1. Cultural China: the periphery as the center Tu Wei-ming
  • 2. The inner world of 1830 Mark Elvin
  • 3. No solace from Lethe: history, memory, and cultural identity in twentieth-century China Vera Schwarcz
  • 4. Being Chinese: the peripheralization of traditional identity Myron L. Cohen
  • 5. Kuan-hsi and network building: a sociological interpretation Ambrose Yeo-chi King
  • 6. Among non-Chinese Wang Gungwu
  • 7. The construction of Chinese and non-Chinese identities David Yen-ho Wu
  • 8. The 'evil wife' in contemporary Chinese fiction Zhu Hong
  • 9. Roots and the changing identity of the Chinese in the United States L. Ling-chi Wang
  • 10. From Qiao to Qiao Victor Hao Li
  • 11. On the margins of the Chinese discourse: some personal thoughts on the cultural meaning of the periphery Leo Ou-fa n Lee
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Index.

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