Title From Ah Q to Lei Feng : Freud and revolutionary spirit in 20th century China / Wendy Larson.

Publication Info.	Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2009]
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Description	1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-309) and index.
Contents	Freudian obsessions -- Psychology and Freudian sexual theory in early 20th century China -- From Ah Q to Lei Feng : revolutionary discourse and the spirit -- The spirit of the countryside : Mang Ke's Wild things and Wang Xiaobo's The golden years -- Extracting the revolutionary spirit : Jiang Wen's In the heat of the sun and Anchee Min's Red azalea -- The workspace of a new age Maoist : He Jianjun's The postman -- Conclusion : history and literary aesthetics in the study of modern Chinese culture.
Summary	When Freudian sexual theory hit China in the early 20th century it ran up against competing models of the mind from Chinese tradition and the new revolutionary culture. The present volume investigates this clash and explores how writers and filmmakers negotiated with the implications of each model.
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Subject	Chinese literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	Chinese literature.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Psychoanalysis and literature -- China.
	Psychoanalysis and literature.
	China.
	Psychoanalysis and motion pictures -- China.
	Psychoanalysis and motion pictures.
	Literature and history -- China.
	Literature and history.
	China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Literature and the revolution.
	China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Motion pictures and the revolution.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Title	Freud and revolutionary spirit in 20th century China
Other Form:	Print version: Larson, Wendy. From Ah Q to Lei Feng. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2008011827
ISBN	9780804769822 (electronic book)
	0804769826 (electronic book)
	9780804700757 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
	0804700753 (cloth ; alkaline paper)

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