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Taipei People

By: Pai Hsienyung

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Literary critics such as C. T. Hsia called Pai Hsienyung a "rare talent" who according to another critic, "has absorbed the diverse techniques of contemporary Western literature to temper and modernize his writing; however, the characters he writes about remain Chinese people and the stories he tells remain Chinese tales." Widely acclaimed as a classic of contemporary fiction, Taipei People has been frequently compared to James Joyce's Dubliners. Henry Miller considers Pai Hsienyung "a master of portraiture." The collection of fourteen stories from this reprint edition has already been translated to great acclaim into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean.

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220

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

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9882370063

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9789882370067

A Companion to The Story of the Stone

A Chapter-by-Chapter Guide

By: Kenneth Hsien-Yung Pai,Susan Chan Egan

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A Companion to The Story of the Stone

A Chapter-by-Chapter Guide

By: Kenneth Hsien-Yung Pai,Susan Chan Egan

The Story of the Stone (also known as Dream of the Red Chamber) is widely held to be the greatest work of Chinese literature, beloved by readers ever since it was first published in 1791. The story revolves around the young scion of a mighty clan who, instead of studying for the civil service examinations, frolics with his maidservants and girl cousins. The narrative is cast within a mythic framework in which the protagonist’s rebellion against Confucian strictures is guided by a Buddhist monk and a Taoist priest. Embedded in the novel is a biting critique of imperial China’s political and social system. This book is a straightforward guide to a complex classic that was written at a time when readers had plenty of leisure to sort through the hundreds of characters and half a dozen subplots that weave in and out of the book’s 120 chapters. Each chapter of the companion summarizes and comments on each chapter of the novel. The companion provides English-speaking readers—whether they are simply dipping into this novel or intent on a deep analysis of this masterpiece—with the cultural context to enjoy the story and understand its world. The book is keyed to David Hawkes and John Minford’s English translation of The Story of the Stone and includes an index that gives the original Chinese names and terms.

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566

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Columbia University Press

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0231553137

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9780231553131

Taipei People

By: Pai Hsienyung

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By: Pai Hsienyung

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Sexual Identity and Lesbian Family Life

Lesbianism, Patriarchalism and the Asian Family in Taiwan

By: Iris Erh-Ya Pai

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Sexual Identity and Lesbian Family Life

Lesbianism, Patriarchalism and the Asian Family in Taiwan

By: Iris Erh-Ya Pai

This new book illustrates how Taiwanese lesbians negotiate their lives outside patriarchal families, while seeking varying ways to maintain working relationships with their families of origin, as their notion of family distinguishes them from same sex couples in other countries. This ambivalence has a strong influence on their relational decisions as they deal with contradictions between family ties, filial piety and lesbianism. Based on individual and couple interviews with self-identified lesbian couples in stable relationships, the book offers vivid narratives of different ways in which Taiwanese lesbians have been able to make sense of their families without recognition by legislation or their families of origin. Specific issues in Taiwan raised in the book challenge the taken-for-granted understandings of same-sex relationships and review the dramatic transformations that have profoundly changed womens' position. It also offers a sensitive analysis of GLBT issues and heteronormativity, arguing that Chinese familialism can cohabite with lesbianism in the context of contemporary Taiwan.

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297

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Springer

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9811040052

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9789811040054

Constructing "Korean" Origins

A Critical Review of Archaeology, Historiography, and Racial Myth in Korean State-formation Theories

By: Hyung Il Pai

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Constructing "Korean" Origins

A Critical Review of Archaeology, Historiography, and Racial Myth in Korean State-formation Theories

By: Hyung Il Pai

Hyung Il Pai examines how archaeological finds from Northeast Asia have been used in Korea to construct a myth of state formation emphasizing the ancient development of a pure Korean race that created a civilization rivaling those of China and Japan. He shows that the Korean state was formed far later with influences from throughout Northern Asia.

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604

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Harvard Univ Asia Center

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067400244X

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9780674002449

Book's by Pai Hsienyung

Taipei People

Taipei People

A Companion to The Story of the Stone

A Companion to The Story of the Stone

Taipei People

Taipei People

Sexual Identity and Lesbian Family Life

Sexual Identity and Lesbian Family Life

Constructing "Korean" Origins

Constructing "Korean" Origins

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