Chinese martial arts literature and postcolonial history /
First Statement of Responsibility
Petrus Liu.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Ithaca, N.Y. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cornell East Asia Program,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 264 p. ;
Dimensions
23 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Cornell East Asia series ;
Volume Designation
162
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-259) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The vicissitudes of anticolonial nationalism -- Women and martial arts : Crouching tiger, hidden dragon's marital, martial, and Marxian problems -- The permanent arms economy : Jin Yong's historical fiction and the Cold War in Asia -- Jin Yong's Islam in the Chinese Cultural Revolution -- A tale of two Chinas : Gu Long and anomalous colonies.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Provides a historical and political interpretation of the martial arts novel, making a case for the importance and significance of the genre and relating it to movements such as the Ming desire to overthrow the Qing, anticolonial nationalism of the 1920s, the Cold War, and the rise of Taiwanese consciousness.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Chinese fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Martial arts fiction, Chinese-- History and criticism.