Remolding and Resistance Among Writers of the Chinese Prison Camp

ISBN-13: 9781138985094 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 178 str.

Philip Williams;Yenna Wu;?Abar

Opis

Presenting extensive analysis of literary and biographical accounts, this illuminating book provides a window to the affective side and emotional tenor of day-to-day life in modern day labour camps in China.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments  1. The Repercussions of Thought Remolding and Forced Labor on Chinese Writers: Introduction  2. Zhang Xianliang as Author and Hero: A Study of His Record of My Emotional Life  3. Traumatic "Remolding" and Its Ethical Implications in Three of Zhang Xianliang’s Novels  4. Labor Camp Fiction as Conversion Literature: Zhang Xianliang and Ooka Shohei  5. Resisting the Regime of  Remolding  6. Expressing the 'Inexpressible': Pain and Suffering in Wumingshi’s Hongsha [Red Sharks]  7. Profit and Loss in China's Contemporary Prison System  Sinograph Glossary of Selected Names and Terms  Sinograph Glossary of Selected Titles  Notes on Contributors  Index

O autorze

Philip Williams, Yenna Wu