Embodied Modernities : : Corporeality, Representation, and Chinese Cultures / / ed. by Ari Larissa Heinrich, Fran Martin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Berry, Chris,; Edwards, Louise,; Epstein, Maram,; Heinrich, Larissa,; Khoo, Olivia,; Martin, Fran,; Proctor-Xu, Jami,; Sang, Tze-Lan D.,; Silvio, Teri,; Stevenson, Mark,; Wu, Cuncun,; Zito, Angela,; Zou, John,
• HerausgeberIn: Heinrich, Ari Larissa,; Martin, Fran,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Rok vydání: 2006
• Jazyk: English
• Fyzický popis: 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 20 illus.

From feminist philosophy to genetic science, scholarship in recent years has succeeded in challenging many entrenched assumptions about the material and biological status of human bodies. Likewise in the study of Chinese cultures, accelerating globalization and the resultant hybridity have called into question previous assumptions about the boundaries of Chinese national and ethnic identity. The problem of identifying a single or definitive referent for the "Chinese body" is thornier than ever.By facilitating fresh dialogue between fields as diverse as the history of science, literary studies, diaspora studies, cultural anthropology, and contemporary Chinese film and cultural studies, Embodied Modernities addresses contemporary Chinese embodiments as they are represented textually and as part of everyday life practices. The book is divided into two sections, each with a dedicated introduction by the editors. The first examines "Thresholds of Modernity" in chapters on Chinese body cultures in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries-a period of intensive cultural, political, and social modernization that led to a series of radical transformations in how bodies were understood and represented.The second section on "Contemporary Embodiments" explores body representations across the People's Republic of China,Taiwan, and Hong Kong today. Contributors: Chris Berry, Louise Edwards, Maram Epstein, Larissa Heinrich, Olivia Khoo, Fran Martin, Jami Proctor-Xu, Tze-lan D. Sang, Teri Silvio, Mark Stevenson, Cuncun Wu, Angela Zito, John Zou.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Notes And Acknowledgments -- Part I. Thresholds Of Modernity -- Chapter 1 Introduction To Part I -- Chapter 2 Bound To Be Represented Theorizing / Fetishizing Footbinding -- Chapter 3. Male Love Lost The Fate Of Male Same-Sex Prostitution In Beijing In The Late Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries -- Chapter 4. Rewriting Sexual Ideals In Yesou Puyan -- Chapter 5. Cross-Dressed Nation Mei Lanfang And The Clothing Of Modern Chinese Men -- Chapter 6. The Transgender Body In Wang Dulu'S Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Part II. Contemporary Embodiments -- Chapter 7. Introduction To Part II -- Chapter 8. Souvenirs Of The Organ Trade The Diasporic Body In Contemporary Chinese Literature And Art -- Chapter 9. Sport, Fashion, And Beauty New Incarnations Of The Female Politician In Contemporary China -- Chapter 10. Sites Of Transformation The Body And Ruins In Zhang Yang'S Shower -- Chapter 11. Stigmatic Bodies The Corporeal Qiu Miaojin -- Chapter 12. Informationalized Affect The Body In Taiwanese Digital Video Puppetry And Cosplay -- Chapter 13. Stellar Transit Bruce Lee'S Body Or Chinese Masculinity In A Transnational Frame -- Chapter 14. Love In Ruins Spectral Bodies Inwong Kar-Wai'S In The Mood For Love -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Contributors -- Index