{"product_id":"chinese-science-fiction-during-the-post-mao-cultural-thaw","title":"Chinese Science Fiction during the Post-Mao Cultural Thaw","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe late 1970s to the mid-1980s, a period commonly referred to as the post-Mao cultural thaw, was a key transitional phase in the evolution of Chinese science fiction. This period served as a bridge between science-popularization science fiction of the 1950s and 1960s and New Wave Chinese science fiction from the 1990s into the twenty-first century. \u003ci\u003eChinese Science Fiction during the Post-Mao Cultural Thaw\u003c\/i\u003e surveys the field of Chinese science fiction and its multimedia practice, analysing and assessing science fiction works by well-known writers such as Ye Yonglie, Zheng Wenguang, Tong Enzheng, and Xiao Jianheng, as well as the often-overlooked tech–science fiction writers of the post-Mao thaw.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring the socio-political and cultural dynamics of science-related Chinese literature during this period, Hua Li combines close readings of original Chinese literary texts with literary analysis informed by scholarship on science fiction as a genre, Chinese literary history, and media studies. Li argues that this science fiction of the post-Mao thaw began its rise as a type of government-backed literature, yet it often stirred up controversy and received pushback as a contentious and boundary-breaking genre. Topically structured and interdisciplinary in scope, \u003cem\u003eChinese Science Fiction during the Post-Mao Cultural Thaw\u003c\/em\u003e will appeal to both scholars and fans of science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49724758131032,"sku":"9781487508234","price":55.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781487508234__67acc96c7b661.jpg?v=1741136207","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/chinese-science-fiction-during-the-post-mao-cultural-thaw","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}