the making of modern Chinese identity, 1895-1937 /
First Statement of Responsibility
Jing Tsu.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Stanford, Calif. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Stanford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 329 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-322) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Failure and identity -- The yellow race -- The menace of race -- Loving the nation, preserving the race -- The quest for beauty and notions of femininity -- Community of expiation : confessions, masochism, and masculinity -- Kumen, cultural suffering -- Conclusion : the emergence of culture in failure.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Against prevailing views on what it means to enjoy power as individuals, cultures, or nations, this text looks at the making of cultural and national identities in modern China as building success on failure.