Brushing History Against the Grain
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Author | : Qingxin Lin |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9622096972 |
ISBN-13 | : 9789622096974 |
Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Brushing History Against the Grain by : Qingxin Lin
Book excerpt: This book explores some essential features of the Chinese new historical fiction (NHF) and its socio-cultural implications. It argues that the NHF constitutes an oppositional discourse that rejects, both the grand narrative of linear (revolutionary) history, which dominates Chinese official historiography, and naïve confidence in 'Chinese modernity.'