Chapter 3. Constructing a Neorealist Reality: Petty Urbanites, Mundaneness, and Chi Li’s Fiction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: China, Uneven Development, and Global Modernity 1
5. Chapter 1. Uneven Modernity in Postsocialist China: A Critical Inquiry 11
6. Chapter 2. Popularization of Traditional Culture in Postsocialist China: A Study of the Yu Qiuyu Phenomenon 32
7. Chapter 3. Constructing a Neorealist Reality: Petty Urbanites, Mundaneness, and Chi Li’s Fiction 57
8. Chapter 4. Commerce and the Critical Edge: The Politics of Postsocialist Film and the Case of Feng Xiaogang 85
9. Chapter 5. Geopolitics in Postsocialist Art Film and Beyond: Reading Wang Xiaoshuai’s Films 108
10. Postscript: Is an “Even Modernity” Possible in China? 133
11. Notes 139
12. Bibliography 173
13. Index 187