Beyond the May Fourth paradigm : in search of Chinese modernity
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Beyond the May Fourth paradigm : in search of Chinese modernity
Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefied, c2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-318) and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction / Kai-wing Chow, Tze-ki Hon, Hung-yok Ip, and Don C. Price
- Culture, capital and the temptations of the imagined market : the case of the Commercial Press / Ted Huters
- Canon formation and linguistic turn : literary debates in Republican China, 1919-1949 / Jianhua Chen
- The theory and practice of women's rights in late-Qing Shanghai, 1843-1911 / Xiong Yuezhi
- Exercising women's rights : debates on physical culture since the late nineteenth century / Denise Gimpel
- Generational and cultural fissures in the May Fourth Movement : Wu Yu (1872-1949) and the politics of family reform / Kristin Stapleton
- The politics of fengjian in late-Qing and Republican China / Viren Murthy
- How did the Chinese become native? : science and the search for national origins in the May Fourth era / Fa-ti Fan
- Nationalizing sound on the verge of Chinese modernity / Frederick Lau
- Buddhism, literature, and Chinese modernity : Su Manshu's Imaginings of love (1911-1916) / Hung-yok Ip
- From Babbitt to "Bai Bide" : interpretations of new humanism in Xueheng / Tze-ki Hon
- The other May Fourth : twilight of the old order / Lung-kee Sun
Description and Table of Contents
Description
When did China make the decisive turn from tradition to modernity? For decades, the received wisdom would have pointed to the May Fourth movement, with its titanic battles between the champions of iconoclasm and the traditionalists, and its shift to more populist forms of politics. A growing body of recent research has, however, called into question how decisive the turn was, when it happened, and what relation the resulting modernity bore to the agendas of people who might have considered themselves representatives of such an iconoclastic movement. Having thus explicitly or implicitly 'decentered' the May Fourth, such research (augmented by contributions in the present volume) leaves us with the task of accounting for the shape Chinese modernity took, as the product of dialogues and debates between, and the interplay of, a variety of actors and trends, both within and (certainly no less importantly) without the May Fourth camp.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Part One: Commercial Printing and Language Reform Chapter 3 1. Culture, Capital and the Temptations of the Imagined Market: The Case of the Commercial Press Chapter 4 2. Canon Formation and Linguistic Turn: Literary Debates in Republican China, 1919-1949 Part 5 Part Two: Gender and Family Chapter 6 3. The Theory and Practice of Women's Rights in Late Qing Shanghai, 1843-1911 Chapter 7 4. Freeing the Mind through the Body: Women's Thoughts on Physical Education in Late Qing and Early Republican China Chapter 8 5. Generational and Cultural Fissures in the May Fourth Movement: Wu Yu (1872-1949) and the Politics of Family Reform Part 9 Part Three: Nation, Science, and Culture Chapter 10 6. The Politics of Fengjian in Late Qing and Republican China Chapter 11 7. How Did the Chinese Become Native?: Science and the Search for National Origins in the May Fourth Era Chapter 12 8. Nationalizing Sound on the Verge of Chinese Modernity Part 13 Part Four: Modernity and Its Chinese Critics Chapter 14 9. Buddhism, Literature, and Chinese Modernity: Su Manshu's Imaginings of Love (1911-1916) Chapter 15 10. From Babbitt to "Bai Bide": Interpretations of New Humanism in Xueheng Part 16 Epilogue Chapter 17 11. The Other May Fourth: Twilight of the Old Order
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