- 272 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About this book
This book looks at China's May Fourth Movement and how it has been contextualised in modern Chinese history. Tracing the roots of the movement and of modern Chinese literary and intellectual traditions, the book analyses how the movement transformed ideas, culture, and social practices in the country.
The volume presents a critical in-depth study of the May Fourth Movement from interdisciplinary perspectives. With essays written by scholars and experts from India, China, and the West, it discusses concepts and themes such as nationalism; the citizen and revolutionary morality in the late Qing dynasty as well as Lu Xun's struggle with the aporetic temporalities of capitalist modernity; the May Fourth spirit and the Communist Party of China; the birth of the 'New Woman'; and the literature, cinema, and art produced during the movement. It also examines how the waves created by the movement in Chinese culture and society continue to influence and shape events and thoughts in contemporary times.
This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of Chinese Studies, Chinese history, Asian Studies, Asian history, political history, and cultural history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Revisiting Core Questions of the May Fourth Movement: Discourse and Narratives
- PART I Rethinking the May Fourth Movement: An Interdisciplinary Approach
- PART II The Making of the May Fourth Spirit
- PART III The Legacy of the May Fourth Movement: A View from India
- PART IV New Literature and New Cultural Formations
- PART V The Construction of a New Culture
- Index