Chiang Yee and his circle : Chinese artistic and intellectual life in Britain, 1930-1950 /

Celebrates the life and work of Chiang Yee (1903-1977), a Chinese writer, poet, and painter who made his home in London, England during the 1930s and 1940s. It examines Chiang's relationship with his circle of friends and colleagues in the English capital, and assesses the work he produced duri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bevan, Paul, Ph. D. (Editor ), Witchard, Anne Veronica (Editor ), Zheng, Da, 1953- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2022.
Temas:
Chiang, Yee, > 1903-1977
Chiang, Yee, > 1903-1977.
1900-1999
Chinese > England > London > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Chinese > England > London > History > 20th century.
Chinese.
Chinese > Intellectual life.
Intellectual life.
Biography: general.
General.
London (England) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
England > London.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreward / Yi-Fu Tuan
  • Part one. Chiang Yee.
  • Chiang Yee's Hampstead / Paul Bevan
  • Chiang Yee as art history / Craig Clunas
  • Being Chiang Yee: feeling, difference, and storytelling / Sara Cheang
  • Chiang Yee and British ballet / Anne Witchard
  • The silent traveller at home / Da Zheng
  • Chiang Yee in wartime / Paul French
  • Part Two. Chiang Yee's circle
  • Navigating British publishing and finding an Anglophone readership: five Chinese writers / Tessa Thorniley
  • Chiang Yee and the Hsiungs: solidarity, conviviality, and the economy of racial representation / Diana Yeh
  • Shih- I Hsiung and Anglo-Chinese films: 'an interesting experiment' / Paul Bevan
  • A 'Chinese Shelley' in 1930s Britain: Wang Lixi's transnational activism and transcultural lyricism / Ke Ren
  • Mahjong in Maida Vale / Frances Wood.

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