Mingwei Song

Fear of Seeing

A Poetics of Chinese Science Fiction

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Produktbeschreibung

Fear of Seeing traces the new wave of Chinese science fictionâ s origin and development over the past three decades, exploring the core concerns and literary strategies that make it so distinctive and vital.

Produktdetails

• Global Chinese Culture
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 153mm x 230mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9780231204439
• ISBN-10: 0231204434
• Artikelnr.: 69073268

Autorenporträt

Mingwei Song

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Prologue: A Lonely Hidden Army, 2010
1. Poetics of the Invisible: Introducing the New Wave
2. Science Fiction as Method: Worlding the Genre
3. Can We Read "A Madman's Diary" as Science Fiction? Rewriting Literary
History
Excursus I: Looking Backward: 2010-1900
4. A Poetic Heart in the Dark Forest: Liu Cixin's Three-Body Universe
5. The Power of Darkness in Han Song: Mythology of the Chthonic
6. Variations on Utopia: Specters and Myths
7. A Topology of Hope: Sinotopia and Heterotopia
8. Chinese New Wave Goes Global: The Posthuman Turn
Excursus II: The Rise of She-SF: 2010-2022
9. New Wonders of a Nonbinary Universe: Opening of the Neo-Baroque
Epilogue: The Wandering Earth, 2019
Notes
Bibliography
Index