Disability in Contemporary China: Citizenship, Identity and Culture

ISBN-13: 9781107544369 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 245 str.

Sarah (University of Nottingham) Dauncey

Opis

The first comprehensive exploration of disability and citizenship in Chinese society and culture from 1949 to the present day.

Recenzje

'This is a timely and hugely significant work. Dauncey's wide-ranging and sophisticated analysis of the place of disability in Chinese culture does much to move the field of critical disability studies beyond its familiar 'Global North' focus and provides a significant contribution to our understanding of the cultural, ideological and historical construction of the 'para-citizen' in Chinese society. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the place of non-normative identity in China today.' Hannah Thompson, Royal Holloway, University of London

Spis treści

Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction. Understanding disability and citizenship in China; 1. Where did all the disabled people go? Cultural invisibility before 1976; 2. Backstage to centre stage: new heroes in the age of reform; 3. Entertainment or education? Disability and the cinematic imagination; 4. A narrative prosthesis? Disability and the literary imagination; 5. Blind, but not in the dark: realism sheds new light on visual impairment; 6. Private lives for public consumption: writing our disabled life stories; conclusion: the perils and possibilities of para-citizenship; References; Index.