Cross-cultural communication in the postcolonial context

Author: Jiang Fei
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Since the mid-1990s, there has been an increasing number of works on Western research on cross-cultural issues entering China. How to understand, interpret, and grasp Western cross-cultural theories has become a keen concern for Chinese scholars. In this work, Jiang Fei organically combines Western postcolonial cultural criticism theory with the study of cross-cultural communication, with insightful perspectives and passionate expression, full of the author's brilliant arguments and profound insights. — Yin Yun Gong, Director of the Institute of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Researcher, and Doctoral Supervisor
Regarding "postcolonialism" in cultural and literary theory, there have been numerous papers and books published domestically, but overall, they remain more introductory than research-oriented, and even when research is conducted, it lacks systematicity. Jiang Fei's manuscript provides a relatively comprehensive and in-depth introduction and critique of the origins, connotations, objectives, significance, and flaws of postcolonial theory. It stands out as one of the most outstanding works in its category in China to date. Research on postcolonial theory often tends toward two extremes: one is to engage in emotionally charged criticism of Western "cultural colonialism" from a narrow nationalist stance, while the other is to unconsciously endorse Western discourse hegemony, thereby falling into the trap of Western colonial discourse. This work effectively avoids both biases. — Zhang Guofeng, Researcher at the Institute of Foreign Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
This is a deeply probing book in Chinese academia on postcolonial cultural issues. It employs extensive foreign-language materials and explores the temporal perspective (mechanism theory), spatial perspective (alienation theory), subjective perspective (hybridity theory), and discourse perspective (hegemony theory) of postcolonial theory through four dimensions, comprehensively entering and demonstrating the internal logic and discourse of postcolonial theory. The author clearly recognizes that research on postcolonial theory can only uncover the profound significance of its deconstruction and construction when it transcends nationalism and Westernism to enter "universalism." The author's research clarifies certain misconceptions in the field of postcolonial theory research and advances domestic studies to a new level. — Wang Yuanchuan, Professor at the Department of Chinese, Peking University
This book is a specialized study on postcolonial cultural criticism using the perspective analysis method. Through the temporal, spatial, subjective, and discourse perspectives, it discusses the "mechanism theory," "alienation theory," "hybridity theory," and "hegemony theory" of postcolonial cultural theory, proposing an interpretive framework for understanding foreign postcolonial cultural criticism. It is a systematic and comprehensive monograph on postcolonial cultural criticism theory in China. Employing new methods and a broad perspective, the book clarifies important domestic and international postcolonial cultural criticism arguments as much as possible, placing the theory within the historical context of human cultural development to uncover its profound humanistic ultimate significance. This, to some extent, establishes the academic and historical significance of postcolonial cultural criticism theory in the development of human culture, deepening theoretical understanding of postcolonial cultural criticism. The book also combines literary studies with media studies for examination, introducing postcolonial theory into media studies for the first time, highlighting the characteristics of cultural studies in the contemporary era.