Body · Mind · Power

Author: Huang Donglan
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: As the second volume in the "New Social History" series, Body·Psyche·Power collects eleven new works by scholars in the field of new social history. Among them are Pan Guangzhe's The Creation and Dissemination of the "Washington Myth" in Late Qing China by a Taiwanese scholar, Hai Qing's On Suicide—The Radical Behavior and Value Choices of Intellectuals Before and After the May Fourth Movement by Hai Qing, Su Chengjie's The Qing Dynasty's Polyandry as a Survival Strategy by an American scholar, and Zhang Zhijia's Pulse-taking for the Emperor—The Famous Doctor Li Jun and the Guangxu Emperor by a Taiwanese scholar. These works offer fresh perspectives, depth, yet remain engaging, truly outstanding contributions to the field of social history. Among them, what might particularly interest Guangzhou readers is Wang Xiaokui's Revolutionary Memory and Modern Public Space—from the "Huahang Park" to the "Guangzhou Uprising Martyrs' Cemetery", which analyzes the formation of the "public memory" surrounding the martyrs' cemetery. At least, I was still the second time hearing that there once stood a Statue of Liberty in that martyrs' cemetery.