This book reconsiders the Chinese Cultural Revolution from the perspective of the current economic and political climate. With contributions from leading international scholars, this volume brings together the latest research on explanations for China's revolution and its legacy.

This study of urban identity and community looks at selected twentieth century literary and film texts in the contexts of theorizations modernism, postmodernism, post-coloniality and globalization. Brooker draws on Beck and Giddens and Rem Koolhasas, amongst others, to propose a 'reflexive modernism' which rewrites and re-imagines the urban scene. Cities included are London and New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok. Writers and artists considered are: in the modernist period, Ezra Poun and T.S. Eliot, Langston Hughes and Melvin B. Tolson, and in the contemporary period, Hanif Kureishi,...

This introductory reader offers an introduction to the major theoretical schools in twentieth century literary theory. It focuses on common literary texts presenting practical examples of essays by the literary theorists themselves. Four example essays are included for each author/text presented.

This study provides an interdisciplinary examination of contemporary American writing using the example of New York City. The book challenges the simplified view that postmodernism ended modernist critique and left political opposition.

This book reconsiders the Chinese Cultural Revolution from the perspective of the current economic and political climate. With contributions from leading international scholars this volume brings together the latest research on explanations for China's revolution and its legacy.