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Chinese Literature and the Child

Children and Childhood in Late-Twentieth-Century Chinese Fiction

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction

      • Kate Foster
      Pages 3-8
    3. The Literary Child

      • Kate Foster
      Pages 9-34
    4. Children of Reality and Fiction

      • Kate Foster
      Pages 35-63
  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
    2. Child of Sorrow: The Arrested Infant

      • Kate Foster
      Pages 67-92
    3. Corrupt Seed: The Tainted Progeny

      • Kate Foster
      Pages 93-117
    4. As Happy as Orphans: The Abandoned Child

      • Kate Foster
      Pages 118-147
    5. My Self Reclaimed: The Storytellers

      • Kate Foster
      Pages 148-177
    6. Conclusion

      • Kate Foster
      Pages 178-187
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 188-251

About this book

Tracking ideas of the child in Chinese society across the twentieth century, Kate Foster places fictional children within the story of the nation in a study of tropes and themes which range from images of strength and purity to the murderous and amoral.

About the author

Kate Foster is an independent scholar of modern and contemporary Chinese literature.

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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