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Author:

Ma, Sheng-mei, author.

Title:

The Tao of S : America's Chinee & the Chinese century in literature and film / Sheng-mei Ma.

Publisher:

The University of South Carolina Press ;

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

viii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Chinese in literature.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
Mass media and culture--China.
China--Foreign relations--21st century.
China--Civilization--21st century.
Littérature américaine--20e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine--19e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Stéréotypes dans la littérature.
Médias et culture--Chine.
Chine--Relations extérieures--21e siècle.
Chine--Civilisation--21e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century.
American literature.
Chinese in literature.
Civilization.
Diplomatic relations.
Mass media and culture.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
China.
1800-2099
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-233) and index.

Contents:

Sinophobia/Sinophilia, circa 1870–2020, Harte–Trump -- Oriental High Gone to P(l)ot: Philip K. Dick and Counterculture Pilgrims -- Afro-Asian Filmic Duet -- Pacific Envy of Crazy Rich Asians -- From A(sian) to Z(ombie): Ling Ma’s Severance Package for the China Bug -- Asian America Double Tonguing -- LONG LIVE the waste!”: Junk Food Bites Back in Jung’s Approved for Adoption -- Online Bingeing of Free Chinese TV Bound to Soft Power: Entrance Exam Series and Sino-Fi -- The Wolf’s Substitute Family in Chinese TV Series: Social Realism and Wuxia Fantasy -- Soul Mates Can’t Mate: Homoerotic Tease in Annibaobei and Derek Tsang -- Private Slant Eye Getting Bigger, Faster, even Beijinger.

Summary:

"The Tao of S is an engaging study of American racialization of Chinese and Asians, Asian American writing, and contemporary Chinese cultural production, stretching from the nineteenth century to the present. Sheng-mei Ma examines the work of nineteenth-century "Sinophobic" American writers, such as Bret Harte, Jack London, and Frank Norris, and twentieth-century "Sinophiliac" authors, such as John Steinbeck and Philip K. Dick, as well as the movies Crazy Rich Asians and Disney's Mulan and a host of contemporary Chinese authors, to illuminate how cultural stereotypes have swung from fearmongering to an overcompensating exultation of everything Asian. Within this framework Ma employs the Taoist principle of yin and yang to illuminate how roles of the once-dominant American hegemony-the yang-and the once-declining Asian civilization-the yin-are now, in the twenty-first century, turned upside down as China rises to write its side of the story, particularly through the soft power of television and media streamed worldwide"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

East-West encounters in literature and cultural studies

ISBN:

1643363077
9781643363073

LCCN:

2021061652

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)