Overview
- Addresses how Chinese culture has been received worldwide and in what ways it has had an impact in the 21st Century
- Brings global perspectives to the current research on contemporary Chinese culture, providing insights into the latest developments of Chinese cultural studies in different parts of the world
- Takes an interdisciplinary approach that includes film, literature, philosophy, theatre and performance, and translation and language studies
Part of the book series: Chinese Culture (CHINESE, volume 2)
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About this book
This book investigates the internationalization of Chinese culture in recent decades and the global dimensions of Chinese culture from comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. It covers a variety of topics concerning the contemporary significance of Chinese culture in its philosophical, literary and artistic manifestations, including literature, film, performing arts, creative media, linguistics, translations and philosophical ideas. The book explores the reception of Chinese culture in different geographic locations and how the global reception of Chinese culture contrasts with the local Chinese community. The chapters collectively cover gender studies and patriarchal domination in Chinese literature in comparison to the world literature, explorations on translation of Chinese culture in the West, Chinese studies as an academic discipline in the West, and Chinese and Hong Kong films and performances in the global context. The book is an excellent resource for both scholars andstudents interested in the development of Chinese culture on the global stage in the 21st Century.
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Keywords
- Chinese Culture in the 21st Century
- Roles of Western Learning in Fevers of National Learning
- Digital History in the Chinese Humanities
- The Evolution of Chinese Women
- Image of China in Opera Libretti
- Prewar Hong Kong Films and Postwar Chinese Cinema
- Overseas Chinese Image in Melodrama and Soap Opera
- Surtitle and Subtitle Translation of Cantonese Opera
- Chinese-English Names of Hong Kong Racehorses
- chinese
Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Modern Literature and Chinese Images
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Contemporary Perceptions of Chinese Films and Performing Arts
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Translation Studies of Hong Kong and Chinese Culture in the Globalized Era
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Language and Learning: Changing Ideology in the Digital Age
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Kelly Kar Yue Chan completed her undergraduate degree and her master’s degree both in the discipline of Translation and Interpretation at the City University of Hong Kong. She then finished her PhD in Classical Chinese Literature at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. She is currently an Associate Professor in language and translation at the Open University of Hong Kong, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses on culture and translation, and literary translation. Her research interests include literary translation, women’s studies in classical Chinese society, classical Chinese literature (poetry), and translation of Cantonese opera.
Chi Sum Garfield Lau obtained her Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from Hong Kong Baptist University. She is currently working as Assistant Professor in The Open University of Hong Kong. She is responsible for courses in English Language and Literature at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Herareas of interest include Modernism, Psychoanalytic Criticism and Comparative Studies.
Chi Sum Garfield Lau obtained her Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from Hong Kong Baptist University. She is currently working as Assistant Professor in The Open University of Hong Kong. She is responsible for courses in English Language and Literature at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Herareas of interest include Modernism, Psychoanalytic Criticism and Comparative Studies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chinese Culture in the 21st Century and its Global Dimensions
Book Subtitle: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Editors: Kelly Kar Yue Chan, Chi Sum Garfield Lau
Series Title: Chinese Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2743-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2742-5Published: 12 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2745-6Published: 12 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-2743-2Published: 11 May 2020
Series ISSN: 2662-9755
Series E-ISSN: 2662-9763
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 216
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations
Topics: Asian Literature, Asian Culture, Non-Western Philosophy, Chinese, Film Theory