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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Gang YuePublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.835kg ISBN: 9780822323419ISBN 10: 0822323419 Pages: 464 Publication Date: 02 July 1999 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 I. The Social Embodiment of Modernity 61 II. Writing Hunger: From Mao to the Dao 145 III. The Return (of) Cannibalism after Tianamen, or Red Monument in a Latrine Pit 222 IV. Sampling of Variety: Gender and Cross-Cultural Perspectives 289 Conclusion 372 Notes 383 Glossary 407 Bibliography 419 Index 435ReviewsA very provocative view of the way modern Chinese practice, imagine, and politicize food culture and alimentary discourse. Instead of paying only lip service to materiality, Yue truly grapples with the material aspect of Chinese modernity ([PERMISSION PENDING] [RR, PP, slightly edited] David Wang, Columbia University) NPEating is certainly one of the great cultural metaphors in China, past and present. The Mouth That Begs is magnificent-sophisticated in writing and original in approach and interpretation. A most brilliant work indeed.([PERMISSION PENDING] [RR, PP, edited] Leo Lee, Harvard University) ... an intense and detailed semiotic analysis of the social, political, and cultural symbolism of food and eating in modern Chinese literature... The book offers an unusual perspective on the symbolism of modern Chinese fiction and compelling insights into literary discourse and social issues in modern Chinese society. --Choice A very provocative view of the way modern Chinese practice, imagine, and politicize food culture and alimentary discourse. Instead of paying only lip service to materiality, Yue truly grapples with the material aspect of Chinese modernity. -David Wang, author of Fictional Realism in Modern China: Mao Dun, Lao She, Shen Congwen Eating is certainly one of the great cultural metaphors in China, past and present. The Mouth That Begs is magnificent-sophisticated in writing and original in approach and interpretation. A most brilliant work indeed. -Leo Ou-fan Lee, Harvard University Author InformationGang Yue is Assistant Professor of Chinese at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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