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The Tao of S : America's Chinee & the Chinese century in literature and film / Sheng-mei Ma.

Author/creator	Ma, Sheng-mei author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press ; Taipei City, Taiwan : National Taiwan University Press, [2022]
Description	viii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	American literature--20th century --History and criticism. American literature--19th century --History and criticism. Chinese in literature. Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature. Mass media and culture--China. Littérature américaine--20e siècle --Histoire et critique. Littérature américaine--19e siècle --Histoire et critique. Stéréotypes dans la littérature. Médias et culture--Chine. China--Foreign relations --21st century. China--Civilization --21st century. Chine--Relations extérieures --21e siècle. Chine--Civilisation --21e siècle.

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Series	East-West encounters in literature and cultural studies East-West cultural encounters in literature & cultural studies. ^A1446401
Abstract	"The Tao of S is an engaging study of American racialization of Chinese and Asians, Asian American writing, and contemporary Chinese cultural production, stretching from the nineteenth century to the present. Sheng-mei Ma examines the work of nineteenth-century "Sinophobic" American writers, such as Bret Harte, Jack London, and Frank Norris, and twentieth-century "Sinophiliac" authors, such as John Steinbeck and Philip K. Dick, as well as the movies Crazy Rich Asians and Disney's Mulan and a host of contemporary Chinese authors, to illuminate how cultural stereotypes have swung from fearmongering to an overcompensating exultation of everything Asian. Within this framework Ma employs the Taoist principle of yin and yang to illuminate how roles of the once-dominant American hegemony-the yang-and the once-declining Asian civilization-the yin-are now, in the twenty-first century, turned upside down as China rises to write its side of the story, particularly through the soft power of television and media streamed worldwide"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-233) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Ma, Sheng-mei. Tao of S Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2022 9781643363080
Genre/form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/form	Literary criticism.
Genre/form	Literary criticism.
Genre/form	Critiques littéraires.
LCCN	2021061652
ISBN	9781643363073 hardcover
ISBN	1643363077 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book

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