Occidentalism A Theory of Counter-Discourse

This revised and expanded edition of the first comprehensive study of Occidentalism in post-Mao China includes a new preface, foreword, and chapter on Chinese diaspora writings in the Chinese language. Presenting an original model of comparative literary

Xiaomei Chen is associate professor of Chinese and comparative literature at Ohio State University

Foreword

ix

Jinhua Dai

Jonathan Noble

Preface to the Second Edition

xxv

Acknowledgments

xxvii

Introduction

1

(22)

Occidentalism as a Counter-Discourse: The He shang Controversy

23

(20)

Occidentalist Theater: Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Brecht as Counter Others

43

(16)

``Misunderstanding'' Western Modernism: The Menglong Movement

59

(28)

A Wildman between the Orient and the Occident: Retro-Influence in Comparative Literary Studies

87

(18)

Wilder, Mei Lanfang, and Huang Zuolin: A ``Suggestive Theater'' Revisited

105

(16)

Fathers and Daughters in Early Modern Chinese Drama: On the Problematics of Occidentalism in Cross--Cultural/Gender Perspectives

121

(18)

China Writes Back: Reading Stories of the Chinese Diaspora

139

(38)

Notes

177

(36)

Glossary

213

(14)

Selected Bibliography

227

(20)

Index

247

(12)

About the Author

259

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Occidentalism A Theory of Counter-Discourse in Post-Mao China

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