As the new editors of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, we are delighted to announce the publication of vol. 33, no. 2 (Fall 2021). We are grateful to Kirk A. Denton for his help and support during the transition. In our Editors’ Note, we provide a few further details about editorial changes, but one particular point is worth highlighting: from Spring 2022 onward, the journal will be published by Edinburgh University Press, so subscribers should sign up there to ensure continued access: https://www.euppublishing.com/page/mclc/subscribe. Find below the table of contents of the issue, with links to abstracts.
Natascha Gentz and Christopher Rosenmeier (mclc@ed.ac.uk)
Volume 33, Number 2 (Fall 2021)
Articles
- Editor’s Note (pdf)
- “Distant Reading” and the Pull of Literary Abstraction in New Culture China
Anatoly Detwyler - Abstract Painting: The Formation of New Aesthetic in Post-Mao China
Yiqing Li - Can a Chinese Subaltern Speak? A Study on Writings about Female Aging in China
Yuanhang Liu and Michael Seats - Xi Xi’s Playful Image-Texts: Ekphrasis, Parergon, and the Concept of Toy
Xiaofan Amy Li - The Feeling of Ling (the Numinous): Human-Animal Relations in Three Sinophone Short Stories
Jannis Jizhou Chen - The Lure of Diaspora: Diaspora Discourse, Accented Style, and Sinophone Malaysian Culture
Wai-Siam Hee