Remapping the past : fictions of history in Deng's China, 1979-1997 / by Howard Y.F. Choy.

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Choy, Howard Y. F. (Howard Yuen Fung)

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TextSeries: Leiden series in comparative historiography ; v. 3.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789047442783
9047442784
1282398903
9781282398900
9786612398902
6612398906

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Fictions of history in Deng's China, 1979-1997

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Remapping the past.DDC classification:

895.1/090052 22

LOC classification:

PL2443 .C4455 2008

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Contents:

Introduction : narrative and space : a cartography of history -- Regional romances and family fables : from root search to new historicism -- The outlying and the peripheral : myths of migrants and minorities -- From the country to the city : nostalgia for the hometown -- The bodily text and the textual body : the violence of history -- Typography and topography : the textual body in the works of Su Tong and Ge Fei -- Conclusion : back(ward) to the future : toward a retro-fiction -- Appendix : what is held and in whose hand? : an etymological reexamination of shi.

Summary: Investigates how writers of Deng Xiaoping's reform era undermined the grand narrative of official history. This book features fictions of history by Chinese, Muslim and Tibetan authors. It is organized in terms of spatial schemes of fictional historiography. It covers the themes of memory, language, food, sex, and violence in historical writing.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-269) and index.

Investigates how writers of Deng Xiaoping's reform era undermined the grand narrative of official history. This book features fictions of history by Chinese, Muslim and Tibetan authors. It is organized in terms of spatial schemes of fictional historiography. It covers the themes of memory, language, food, sex, and violence in historical writing.