Author

Publication

2015 - BRILL

Language

English

Word Count

92,000 words, Guess

Page Count

368 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789004309296
  • ISBN-109004309292
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015038105
  • OCLC Control Number933765256
  • Better World Books9789004309296
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCHN740.Z9
  • LCCDS727 .Q253 2016

Description

"Imperial-Time-Order is an engagingly written critical study on a persistent historical way of thinking in modern China. Defined as normalization of unification and moralization of time, Qian suggests, the imperial-time-order signifies a temporal structure of empire that has continued to shape the way modern China developed itself conceptually. Weaving together intellectual debates with literary and media representations of imperial history since the late Qing period, ranging from novels, stage plays, films, to television series, Qian traces the different temporalities of each period and takes 'time' as the analytical node by which issues of empire, nation, family, morality, individual and collective subjectivity are constructed and contested"--Provided by publisher.

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