A History of Pain: Trauma in Modern Chinese Literature and Film
(Part of the Global Chinese Culture Series)
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The portrayal of historical atrocity in fiction, film, and popular culture can reveal much about the function of individual memory and the shifting status of national identity. In the context of Chinese culture, films such as Hou Hsiao-hsien's City of Sadness and Lou Ye's Summer Palace and novels such as Ye Zhaoyan's Nanjing 1937: A Love Story and Wang Xiaobo's The Golden Age collectively reimagine past horrors and give...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0231141637
ISBN13:9780231141635
Release Date:May 2011
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:432 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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