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The sublime figure of history : aesthetics and politics in twentieth-century China / Ban Wang.

By: Publication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c1997.Description: ix, 312 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0804728461 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780804728461 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 111/.85/09510904 21
LOC classification:
  • BH221.C6 W33 1997
Contents:
Sublimation unto death : the aesthetic search for meaning in cultural crisis -- Writing China : the imaginary body and allegorical wilderness -- The sublime and gender -- Desire and pleasure in revolutionary cinema -- The sublime subject of practice -- The cultural revolution : a terrible beauty is born -- The angels of history : the fantastic, schizophrenic, and grotesque -- Conclusion.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks BH221.C6 W33 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available "Character list": p. [287]-291. TBC00002260

"Character list": p. [287]-291.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-303) and index.

Sublimation unto death : the aesthetic search for meaning in cultural crisis -- Writing China : the imaginary body and allegorical wilderness -- The sublime and gender -- Desire and pleasure in revolutionary cinema -- The sublime subject of practice -- The cultural revolution : a terrible beauty is born -- The angels of history : the fantastic, schizophrenic, and grotesque -- Conclusion.

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