Found in Translation: New People in Twentieth-Century Chinese Science Fiction
- ISBN-10
- 0924304944
- ISBN-13
- 9780924304941
- Series
- Found in Translation
- Category
- Science fiction, Chinese
- Pages
- 164
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-11-30
- Publisher
- Association for Asian Studies
- Author
- Jing Jiang
Description
Found in Translation investigates Chinese science fiction as a phenomenon of world literature. It highlights the ways in which science fiction intervened in critical debates on nationalism, realism, humanism, and environmentalism in twentieth-century China.
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