After Mao: Chinese Literature and Society, 1978-1981

Cambridge, MA: The Council of East Asian Studies / Harvard University, 1990 Book. Very Good +. Soft cover. Large 8vo. Large 8vo. xiv (ii), 345 (7) pp. Harvard Contemporary China Series: Second Printing, 1990. Slightly curled bottom rear fore-edge corner pages 321-352, else no wear. No markings, tight binding, pages clean and white. 6" x 9". Trade paperback. contributors, preface, introduction, Part I. Literary Subject Matter; Part II. Literary Art; Part III. The Sociology of Publishing and Reading; notes, glossary of East Asian terms, index. "This is the first book in English to analyze the Chinese literary scene during the post-Mao thaw in government control. The special focus on popular literature - science fiction, love stories, detective fiction - reflects China's new urban mass culture. These popular genres, plus the new obscure poetry, and the short-lived literary magazine Today are examined from an international comparative perspective and from a variety of viewpointsliterary, social, historical, political.".