Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part 1
7. Chapter 1. Academic Contexts and Conceptual Frameworks 17
8. Chapter 2. Political and Market Factors in the Literary Field 45
9. Part 2
10. Chapter 3. Soft-Authoritarian Rule and the Mainstream Position 73
11. Chapter 4. The Modernist Trend and Aestheticization of the “China Trope” in Mainstream Literature 90
12. Chapter 5. Localist Position as a Product of Social Opposition 122
13. Part 3
14. Chapter 6. Fukan-Based Literary Culture and Middle-Class Genres 141
15. Chapter 7. High Culture Aspirations and Transformations of Mainstream Fiction 168
16. Chapter 8. New Developments in the Post–Martial Law Period 190
17. Notes 213
18. Selected Bibliography 233
19. Index 257