Editor’s Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Series Editor’s Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Editor’s Introduction xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. PART I. TRAUMA, EVACUATED MEMORIES, AND INVERTED HISTORIES
8. CHAPTER 1 I Want to Be Human A Story of China and the Human 25
9. CHAPTER 2 Hero and the Invisible Tianxia 47
10. PART II. CLASS, STILL LIVES, AND MASCULINITY
11. CHAPTER 3 Temporality, Nature Morte, and the Filmmaker A Reconsideration of Still Life 67
12. CHAPTER 4 The Piano in a Factory Class, in the Name of the Father 91
13. PART III. THE SPY GENRE
14. CHAPTER 5 The Spy-Film Legacy A Preliminary Cultural Analysis of the Spy Film 109
15. CHAPTER 6 In Vogue Politics and the Nation-State in Lust, Caution and the Lust, Caution Phenomenon in China 127
16. FINALE History, Memory, and the Politics of Representation 141
17. Interview with Dai Jinhua, July 2014 160
18. Notes 167
19. Selected Works of Dai Jinhua 181
20. Bibliography 183
21. Translators’ Biographies 189
22. Index 191