The Mouth That Begs by Gang Yue
Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang.
“A very provocative view of the way modern Chinese practice, imagine, and politicize food culture and alimentary discourseInstead of paying only lip service to materiality, Yue truly grapples with the material aspect of Chinese modernity.”—David Wang, author of Fictional Realism in Modern China: Mao Dun, Lao She, Shen Congwen
“Eating is certainly one of the great cultural metaphors in China, past and present. The Mouth That Begs is magnificent—sophisticated in writing and original in approach and interpretation. A most brilliant work indeed.”—Leo Ou-fan Lee, Harvard University
“Eating is certainly one of the great cultural metaphors in China, past and present. The Mouth That Begs is magnificent—sophisticated in writing and original in approach and interpretation. A most brilliant work indeed.”—Leo Ou-fan Lee, Harvard University
Gang Yue is Assistant Professor of Chinese at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822323419 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822323419 |
| Title | The Mouth That Begs |
| Author | Gang Yue |
| Series | Post Contemporary Interventions |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 1999-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |