Wolf totem and the post-Mao utopian : : a Chinese perspective on contemporary western scholarship / / by Li Xiaojiang ; translated by Edward Mansfield Gunn, Jr.

• Superior document: East and West: culture, diplomacy and interactions ; Volume 3
• VerfasserIn: Li, Xiaojiang, 1951-
• TeilnehmendeR: Gunn, Edward Mansfield, Jr.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English; Chinese
• Series: East and West (Leiden, Netherlands). Volume 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (592 pages).
• Other title: Hou Wutuobang pi ping.; Front Matter --; Copyright Page /; Dedication /; Preface /; Textual Analysis /; What Kinds of Stories Does Wolf Totem Narrate? /; Why was There Such a Wide Readership for Wolf Totem? /; How Did Wolf Totem Captivate Readers? /; Allegorical Interpretation /; How Many Allegories are Contained in Wolf Totem? /; How Could Wolf Totem Evoke Diametrically Opposed Moods and Opinions? /; A Brief Conclusion: The Discursive Space within and outside Wolf Totem /; Postscript to the Revised Edition /; Back Matter --; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004276734
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Li Xiaojiang ; translated by Edward Mansfield Gunn, Jr.

Wolf Totem and the Post-Mao Utopian by Li Xiaojiang explores the controversial best-selling novel by the political economist Jiang Rong as an allegory of utopia through discussion of an encyclopaedic range of scholarship in the humanities and social sciences that offer thinking on topics introduced in the novel. In promoting the significance of utopian thought, Li stresses that the term for her study, “post-utopian criticism,” is not the same as anti-utopian criticism, but an analytical approach to criticism in order to addresses the shortcomings of postmodern and postcolonial theories applied to contemporary China, and to open up interpretive space for the specific historical experience of its people and its utopian ideals.