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Hunger Trilogy by Wang Ruowang
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69This autobiographical novella was written in 1980 by one of China's leading dissidents, who was released from jail in late October 1990 again after being imprisoned as a pro-democracy activist in the... -
Sensing China: Modern Transformations of Sensory Culture by Shengqing Wu 9781032008837
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69This book presents the first collection of studies of the senses and sensory experiences in China, filling a gap in sensory research while offering new approaches to Chinese Studies.Bringing together... -
Politics of Chinese Language and Culture: The Art of Reading Dragons by Bob Hodge 9780415172660
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £51.59An innovative text which adopts the tools of cultural studies to provide a fresh approach to the study of Chinese language, culture and society. The book tackles areas such as grammar, language,... -
Modern Chinese Writers: Self-portrayals: Self-portrayals by Helmut Martin 9780873328173
RRP: £33.99Booksplease Price: £32.89This volume gathers personal reflections on life and literature by 44 of China's leading authors. It aims to illustrate how Chinese society and its creative writing have supported, competed and... -
The Uses of Literature: Life in the Socialist Chinese Literary System by Perry Link
RRP: £58.00Booksplease Price: £48.37Why do people in socialist China read and write literary works? Earlier studies in Western Sinology have approached Chinese texts from the socialist era as portraits of society, as keys to the... -
The Chinese Reassessment of Socialism, 1976-1992 by Yan Sun
RRP: £72.00Booksplease Price: £61.76A momentous debate has been unfolding in China over the last fifteen years, only intermittently in public view, concerning the merits of socialism as a philosophy of social justice and as a program... -
Burying Mao: Chinese Politics in the Age of Deng Xiaoping - Updated Edition by Richard Baum
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £72.60For almost two decades after Mao Zedong's death, an epic, no-holds-barred contest was waged in China between orthodox Marxists and reformers. With Deng Xiaoping's strong support, the reformers... -
The Mouth That Begs: Hunger, Cannibalism, and the Politics of Eating in Modern China by Gang Yue 9780822323419
RRP: £31.00Booksplease Price: £26.91The Chinese ideogram chi is far richer in connotation than the equivalent English verb "to eat." Chi can also be read as "the mouth that begs for food and words." A concept manifest in the...