Gang Yue: 3 books
The Mouth That Begs
Hunger, Cannibalism, and the Politics of Eating in Modern China
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 1999
The 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 twentieth-century Chinese political reality of revolution and massacre, chi suggests a narrative of desire...
Ecoambiguity, Community, and Development
Toward a Politicized Ecocriticism
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
Ecoambiguity, Community, and Development takes stock of cultural and environmental contexts in many different regions of the world by exploring literature and film. Artists and scholars working in the social ecology, environmental justice, and postcolonial arenas have long recognized that as soon...
Voicing Concerns
Contemporary Chinese Critical Inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2001
Opening a new window into Chinese intellectual discourse, this unique book is a critical engagement with the issues, problems, and meanings of contemporary Chinese intellectual thought. As key participants in these debates who have exercised a significant influence on the development of contemporary...