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Cai, Jingjing.

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Shadow of Progress: Chinese Dystopian Fiction Since 1990s.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Shadow of Progress: Chinese Dystopian Fiction Since 1990s./
Author:	Cai, Jingjing.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
Description:	239 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-03(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International80-03A(E).
Subject:	Literature. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10977660
ISBN:	9780438688162

Shadow of Progress: Chinese Dystopian Fiction Since 1990s.
Cai, Jingjing.

Shadow of Progress: Chinese Dystopian Fiction Since 1990s. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 239 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-03(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2018.

This dissertation is a study of contemporary Chinese dystopian fiction published from the early 1990s to the early 21st century. The geographic locus for this study comprises Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, as what I am interested in are dystopian discourses in the Chinese language rather than a particular geographical location. Contemporary Chinese dystopian fiction is futuristic and pessimistic, painting a gloomy picture of the future. By analyzing contemporary Chinese dystopian fiction in light of local politics and culture, global environmental challenges, and gender discourses, my study situates various dystopian accounts of the future not only within their historical contexts, but also within a global network of theories and representations, including post-socialism, developmentalism, postmodernism, and feminism.

ISBN: 9780438688162Subjects--Topical Terms:

537498
Literature.

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