{"title":"Margaret Hillenbrand. Negative Exposures: Knowing What Not to Know in Contemporary China","authors":"Alexa Alice Joubin","doi":"10.1080/21514399.2020.1852044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21514399.2020.1852044","url":null,"abstract":"c h in se lera tu re to d ay v o l. 9 n . 2 One cannot help think of the Chinese gold rush in the nineteenth-century in America, or the Chinese migrants to Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Unlike the European settlers in these continents, the Chinese were perceived as temporary residents and were accused of being opportunists who did not want to contribute to their migration destination, but just wanted to make quick money to send back home. . .They too wanted (and many of them did) bring glory to their families and ancestors by building grand houses back home. Many of these houses, in places like Taishan and Kaiping in Guangdong Province, hometown of most early Chinese migrants to the new colonies during the Gold Rush remain intact, but unoccupied, they became historical heritage because the people who built them did not return, having settled somewhere else. (2018, 192–93)","PeriodicalId":29859,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Literature Today","volume":"9 1","pages":"89 - 90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21514399.2020.1852044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46512818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"We Are in Darkness","authors":"H. Shen, J. Broach","doi":"10.1080/21514399.2020.1852015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21514399.2020.1852015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29859,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Literature Today","volume":" ","pages":"56 - 56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21514399.2020.1852015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43306436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Liu Yuzhen Is Dead","authors":"Ning Zhang, J. Field","doi":"10.1080/21514399.2020.1851966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21514399.2020.1851966","url":null,"abstract":"“Liu Yuzhen Is Dead” is one of the anecdotes from Luo Town collected in Zhang Ning’s 2019 work Hallucinations. Applying a style spare in description but rich and colorful in dialogue, Zhang deftly sketches characters in small-town China. Anyone who has worked as a medical professional, or has one in the family, will relate to tales about the patients they have seen. See the full collection for more drama involving Liu Yuzhen and her blustery husband, Luo Changsheng. Originally published in Renmin wenxue (People’s Literature) issue 1, 2019.","PeriodicalId":29859,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Literature Today","volume":"9 1","pages":"48 - 53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21514399.2020.1851966","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49458635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elsewhere, or the Perpetual Contradiction of Being Stuck in the Mud and Floating Free","authors":"Minhui Lu, Chaoguo Xing, Kristopher Pickett","doi":"10.1080/21514399.2020.1851574","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21514399.2020.1851574","url":null,"abstract":"In this conversation, interviewer Xing Chao speaks with Jiangsu writer Lu Min about the transformative experiences that thrust her into the world of literature. Lu Min talks in detail about her life’s trajectory, her most famous works, and the inspirations behind them. Lu Min also expounds upon the influences of her generation’s literature and the relationship between the individual and their generation. She explains how she and others have tried to capture the essence of their generation through writing and the themes they employ. For Lu Min, there is an emphasis on writing about common individuals to bring to light the qualities of her generation in particular. Through this interview, readers can gain perspective into Lu Min’s writing process and better understand the intricacies of character and story development, as well as clarifying some of the misconceptions critics have of her works.","PeriodicalId":29859,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Literature Today","volume":"9 1","pages":"4 - 10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21514399.2020.1851574","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41784984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Night of the Lantern Festival","authors":"Shu Ruo, Ping Zhu","doi":"10.1080/21514399.2020.1852018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21514399.2020.1852018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29859,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Literature Today","volume":"9 1","pages":"59 - 59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21514399.2020.1852018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45848282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cry: Seven Poems on COVID-19","authors":"Qing Hua, Jake Seagroves","doi":"10.1080/21514399.2020.1851971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21514399.2020.1851971","url":null,"abstract":"This section contains seven poems written by Chinese poets, writers, and scholars during the difficult times of the COVID-19 outbreak in China. They were the real-time inscriptions of the nation’s emotional trauma from the deadly pandemic that, unfortunately, has not been given an entirely open outlet even to this date. Most of these poems were written during home isolation, expressing the poets’ shock, sorrow, and indignation vis-à-vis the calamity, while a couple of them offer firsthand experiences from Wuhan, the original epicenter of the coronavirus.","PeriodicalId":29859,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Literature Today","volume":"9 1","pages":"54 - 55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21514399.2020.1851971","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46188077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Six Poems","authors":"Min Zheng, T. Ho, Yan Liu","doi":"10.1080/21514399.2020.1852023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21514399.2020.1852023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29859,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Literature Today","volume":"9 1","pages":"62 - 65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21514399.2020.1852023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59988193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Single Swallow","authors":"Yan Lu","doi":"10.1080/21514399.2020.1852031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21514399.2020.1852031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29859,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Literature Today","volume":"9 1","pages":"85 - 86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21514399.2020.1852031","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42803628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Late 19th Century Joseon and Japan Represented in the Shanghai Dianshizhai Huabao: Focusing on Visual Translation and Shift in Meanings","authors":"Jung-Ki Mihn","doi":"10.21192/SCLL.102..202002.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21192/SCLL.102..202002.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29859,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Literature Today","volume":"71 1","pages":"209-250"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83936854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}