The Chinese National Character: From Nationhood to Individuality

by Lung-kee Sun and Warren Sun

Book Overview

This unique survey of the evolution of the modern Chinese national character incorporates a rich blend of history and theory as well as nation, gender, and film studies. It begins with the dawn of the concept of "nation" in China at the end of the Imperial period, and follows its development from early Republican China to the present People's Republic, drawing on themes of national identity, "Orientalness," racial evolution and purity, cultural and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076560826X
• ISBN13: 9780765608260
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"