Literature the People Love [electronic resource] : Reading Chinese Texts from the Early Maoist Period (1949–1966) /
Fleit Hang, Krista Van.author.
Examining the production of 'people's literature' in China, this study provides a new interpretive framework with which to understand socialist literature and presents a sympathetic understanding of culture from a period in China's history in which people's lives were greatly and obviously affected by political events.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Reading people's literature -- People's literature and the construction of a new Chinese literary tradition -- Creativity and containment in the transformations of Li Shuangshuang -- The heart of the party: gender and communist party ideals in tracks in the snowy forest -- Educational laughter: urban cinema and community formation -- Conclusion: more, better, faster the Ming tombs reservoir and a different path for Maoist culture.
Examining the production of 'people's literature' in China, this study provides a new interpretive framework with which to understand socialist literature and presents a sympathetic understanding of culture from a period in China's history in which people's lives were greatly and obviously affected by political events.
Literature-Philosophy.
Oriental literature.
China-History.
Literature   .
Literature, Modern-20th century.
South Asian Languages.
Literary Theory.
Asian Literature.
History of China.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Asian Languages.