Table of Contents Illustrations Note on Romanization Preface: An Invitation to Explore the City 1 Introduction: The City in Modern Chinese Cultural History 2 Urban Configurations: Small Town, Ancient Capital, Modern Metropolis 3 Mapping the Ancient Capital of Beijing 4 The Symbolic Triumph of Chinese Tradition in Beijing 5 Reading the Illegible Metropolis of Shanghai 6 Th...(展开全部)

In this masterful study of the formation and transformation of Chinese urban form and space, Suzhou is presented as both the object of and witness to a complex history. Drawing on a wealth of primary materials detailing the city's history, customs, and urban construction as well as on recent work in Chinese history, culture, and religion, Yinong Xu examines characteristics of b...(展开全部)

All cultures and times have their own notions of time and space. Being one of the fundamental ideas in every society they influence virtually every aspect of society. In this book the authors explain the notions of time and space in China, how culturally concrete and particularly Chinese they are and how significant such Chinese cultural-ness of these notions is. Seventeen scho...(展开全部)

Gender and sexuality have been neglected topics in the history of Chinese civilization, despite the fact that there is a massive amount of historical evidence on the subject. China's late imperial government was arguably more concerned about gender and sexuality among its subjects than any other pre-modern state. How did these and other late imperial legacies shape twentieth-ce...(展开全部)

Gender and sexuality have been neglected topics in the history of Chinese civilization, despite the fact that there is a massive amount of historical evidence on the subject. China's late imperial government was arguably more concerned about gender and sexuality among its subjects than any other pre-modern state. How did these and other late imperial legacies shape twentieth-ce...(展开全部)

Gender and sexuality have been neglected topics in the history of Chinese civilization, despite the fact that there is a massive amount of historical evidence on the subject. China's late imperial government was arguably more concerned about gender and sexuality among its subjects than any other pre-modern state. How did these and other late imperial legacies shape twentieth-ce...(展开全部)

The emergence of the Chinese socialist realist novel can best be understood in light of the half-century long formation of the modern concept of literature in China. Globalized in the wake of modern capitalism, literary modernity configures the literary text in a relationship to both modern philosophy and literary theory. This book traces China's unique, complex, and creative a...(展开全部)

The emergence of the Chinese socialist realist novel can best be understood in light of the half-century long formation of the modern concept of literature in China. Globalized in the wake of modern capitalism, literary modernity configures the literary text in a relationship to both modern philosophy and literary theory. This book traces China's unique, complex, and creative a...(展开全部)

作者普实克（1906－1980），欧洲最负盛名的中国文学与文化学者，前捷克斯洛伐克科学院院士，东方研究所所长。他所领导的东方研究所曾是二十世纪五六十年代欧洲最有成就的中国文学研究中心。六十年代初，他和美国夏志清教授关于后者所著《中国现代小说史》的讨论，曾在欧美引起很大反 响。 编者李欧梵，台湾大学外文系毕业，美国哈佛大学博士，香港科技大学人文荣誉博士。现为哈佛大学东亚系荣休教授，香港中文大学讲座教授，“中央研究院”院士，曾任教于普林斯顿大学、印第安纳大学、芝加哥大学、香港科技大学、哈佛大学等著名学府。主要著述包括：《铁屋中的呐喊》、《中国现代作家的浪漫一代》、《西潮的彼岸》、《中西文学的徊想》、《狐狸洞话语》、《现代性的追求》、《上海摩登》、《我的哈佛岁月》等二十多种，并出版有小说《范柳原忏情录》和《东方猎手》。 译者郭建玲，浙江金华人。二〇〇七年毕...(展开全部)

作者普实克（1906－1980），欧洲最负盛名的中国文学与文化学者，前捷克斯洛伐克科学院院士，东方研究所所长。他所领导的东方研究所曾是二十世纪五六十年代欧洲最有成就的中国文学研究中心。六十年代初，他和美国夏志清教授关于后者所著《中国现代小说史》的讨论，曾在欧美引起很大反 响。 编者李欧梵，台湾大学外文系毕业，美国哈佛大学博士，香港科技大学人文荣誉博士。现为哈佛大学东亚系荣休教授，香港中文大学讲座教授，“中央研究院”院士，曾任教于普林斯顿大学、印第安纳大学、芝加哥大学、香港科技大学、哈佛大学等著名学府。主要著述包括：《铁屋中的呐喊》、《中国现代作家的浪漫一代》、《西潮的彼岸》、《中西文学的徊想》、《狐狸洞话语》、《现代性的追求》、《上海摩登》、《我的哈佛岁月》等二十多种，并出版有小说《范柳原忏情录》和《东方猎手》。 译者郭建玲，浙江金华人。二〇〇七年毕...(展开全部)