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Lin Yutang and middling Chinese modernity

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Subjects
Intellectual life, Cosmopolitanism, Political and social views, Criticism and interpretation, History, Internationalism, China, intellectual life, Chinese literature, history and criticism
People
Yutang Lin (1895-1976)
Places
China
Times
20th century

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Table of Contents

Introduction: re-discovering Lin Yutang in the post-Mao era
Chinese modernity: nationalism, imperialism, and the liberal cosmopolitan alternative
Enlightenment and national salvation: the politics of a liberal nationalist
"Little critic:" "returned" professionals and the cosmopolitan modern
A cross-cultural aesthetics of life: translating "xingling" into "self-expression," "xianshi" into "leisure" and "humor" into "youmo"
Oriental other: the business of translating Chinese and American cultures
Cosmopolitan difference: critique of imperialism and debating "Chinahands"
Conclusion: what a liberal cosmopolitan alternative means for contemporary Chinese intellectual dilemma
Appendix. Chronology of Lin Yutang.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Leiden, Boston
Series
Ideas, history, and modern China -- v. 3

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895.1/85109
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PL2781.N2 Z815 2010, PL2303, PL2781.N2 Z815 2011

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p. cm.

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OL24412069M
ISBN 13
9789004192133
LCCN
2010033348
OCLC/WorldCat
657080401

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