Contemporary Western Critical Discourse on Chinese Images - Contemporary Academic Thought Series

Author: Zhu Yaowei
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Contemporary Western Critical Discourse on Chinese Images follows the critical lineage since postmodernism, introducing the theories of Western contemporary critics and overseas Chinese critics writing in the West, aiming to collage tangible and intangible images of China. Contemporary critics often mention "China" directly or indirectly, while other discourses on the "other" have long been regarded as closely related to "China." In such a critical landscape, what cultural significance do Chinese images hold? The author attempts to reveal the subtle entanglement between Chinese images and dominant discourses, thereby highlighting the issue of Chinese identity in the postcolonial context. This offers readers timely and profound insights into understanding contemporary Chinese postmodernism. Professor Zhu Yaowei's discourse on "Chinese images" enables us to further reflect on: how to analyze contemporary culture using postcolonial theory without becoming a mere appropriation or imitation of Western discourse, but rather to expand one's contemporary discourse theory by recognizing the mutual constraint, permeation, and supplementation between Eastern and Western cultures. It emphasizes the diversity and uniqueness of one's national culture in the context of global integration, reinterpreting misinterpreted national images and re-establishing suppressed Chinese images.