{"product_id":"a-history-of-pain-trauma-in-modern-chinese-literature-and-film-paperback","title":"A History of Pain: Trauma in Modern Chinese Literature and Film - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Berry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe portrayal of historical atrocity in fiction, film, and popular culture can reveal much about the function of individual memory and the shifting status of national identity. In the context of Chinese culture, films such as Hou Hsiao-hsien's \u003ci\u003eCity of Sadness\u003c\/i\u003e and Lou Ye's \u003ci\u003eSummer Palace\u003c\/i\u003e and novels such as Ye Zhaoyan's \u003ci\u003eNanjing 1937: A Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e and Wang Xiaobo's \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Age\u003c\/i\u003e collectively reimagine past horrors and give rise to new historical narratives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Berry takes an innovative look at the representation of six specific historical traumas in modern Chinese history: the Musha Incident (1930); the Rape of Nanjing (1937-38); the February 28 Incident (1947); the Cultural Revolution (1966-76); Tiananmen Square (1989); and the Handover of Hong Kong (1997). He identifies two primary modes of restaging historical violence: \u003ci\u003ecentripetal trauma\u003c\/i\u003e, or violence inflicted from the outside that inspires a reexamination of the Chinese nation, and \u003ci\u003ecentrifugal trauma\u003c\/i\u003e, which, originating from within, inspires traumatic narratives that are projected out onto a transnational vision of global dreams and, sometimes, nightmares. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese modes allow Berry to connect portrayals of mass violence to ideas of modernity and the nation. He also illuminates the relationship between historical atrocity on a national scale and the pain experienced by the individual; the function of film and literature as historical testimony; the intersection between politics and art, history and memory; and the particular advantages of modern media, which have found new means of narrating the burden of historical violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Chinese artists began to probe previously taboo aspects of their nation's history in the final decades of the twentieth century, they created texts that prefigured, echoed, or subverted social, political, and cultural trends. \u003ci\u003eA History of Pain\u003c\/i\u003e acknowledges the far-reaching influence of this art and addresses its profound role in shaping the public imagination and conception-as well as misconception-of modern Chinese history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Berry is associate professor of contemporary Chinese cultural studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSpeaking in Images: Interviews with Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJia Zhang-ke's Hometown Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMemories of Shadows and Light: In Dialogue with the Cinematic World of Hou Hsiao-hsien\u003c\/i\u003e (in Chinese) and the translator of several novels, including \u003ci\u003eTo Live\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNanjing 1937: A Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWild Kids: Two Novels About Growing Up\u003c\/i\u003e, and, with Susan Chan Egan, \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45302029615206,"sku":"9780231141635","price":81.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Zm9JaW5nRUY1MW43OTJyMHZWWFFtZz09.webp?v=1773985829","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-history-of-pain-trauma-in-modern-chinese-literature-and-film-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}