The Chinese national character : from nationhood to individuality
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The Chinese national character : from nationhood to individuality
（Studies on modern China）（An East gate book）
Routledge, 2015, c2002
- : hbk
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"First published 2002 by M. E. Sharpe. Published 2015 by Routledge"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-277) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This unique survey of the evolution of the modern Chinese national character incorporates a rich blend of history and theory as well as nation, gender, and film studies. It begins with the dawn of the concept of "nation" in China at the end of the Imperial period, and follows its development from early Republican China to the present People's Republic, drawing on themes of national identity, "Orientalness," racial evolution and purity, cultural and gender roles, regional animosities, historical impediments, and more. The book also takes up the changing American perceptions of Chinese personality development and gender, using materials from American popular culture.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 The Birth of a "Nation"
- Chapter 2 National Psychology
- Chapter 3 Orientalness and Degeneration
- Chapter 4 Superman and Underman
- Chapter 5 North and South
- Chapter 6 "The Rock from a Distant Hill"
- Chapter 101 Epilogue: Toward a Postnational Age?
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