Staging the World: Chinese Nationalism at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by R

Description: Staging the World by Rebecca E. Karl Discusses how Chinese conceptions of nationalism were affected by the "discovery" of Hawaii as a centre of the Pacific, the Philippine revolution against the United States, and the relationship between nationality and ethnicity made apparent by the Boer War in South Africa. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In Staging the World Rebecca E. Karl rethinks the production of nationalist discourse in China during the late Qing period, between Chinas defeat in the Sino-Japanese War in 1895 and the proclamation of the Republic in 1911. She argues that at this historical moment it was a growing Chinese identification with what we now call the Third World that first made the modern world visible as a totality, and that it was in reference to this worldview that key components of Chinese nationalist discourse developed. The emergence of Chinese nationalism during this period is often portrayed as following from Chinas position vis-a-vis Japan and the West. Karl has mined the archives of the late Qing period to discern the foci of Chinese intellectuals from 1895 to 1911 to assert that, while this China/Japan/West triangle was crucial, it alone is an incomplete-and therefore flawed-model of the development of nationalism in China. Though the perceptions and concerns of these thinkers form the basis of Staging the World, Karl begins by examining a 1904 Shanghai production of an opera about a fictional partition of Poland and its modern reincarnation as an ethno-nation.By focussing on the type of dialogue this opera generated in China at the time, Karl elucidates concepts such as race, colonisation, globalisation, and history. From there, she discusses how Chinese conceptions of nationalism were affected by the "discovery" of Hawaii as a centre of the Pacific, the Philippine revolution against the United States, and the relationship between nationality and ethnicity made apparent by the Boer War in South Africa. Staging the World will appeal to students and scholars of modern Chinese history, theories and processes of nationalism, world history, and colonialism. Back Cover "Rebecca Karl not only explores an exciting period in Chinese intellectual history but also provides an alternative mapping of global relations based on a constellation of common subordinated nations. Those who, like me, are not specialists of Chinese history will find this vision of the world from below a refreshing revelation."-Michael Hardt, author ofEmpire(with Antonio Negri) Author Biography Rebecca E. Karl is Associate Professor of History at New York University. She is the author of The Magic of Concepts: History and the Economic in Twentieth-Century China and Mao Zedong and China in the Twentieth-Century World: A Concise History and co-translator (with Xueping Zhong) of Cai Xiangs Revolution and Its Narratives: Chinas Socialist Literary and Cultural Imaginaries, 1949-1966, all also published by Duke University Press. She co-translated and coedited (with Lydia H. Liu and Dorothy Ko) The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory. Table of Contents Preface & Acknowledgments Part I 1. Introduction: Shifting Perspectives on Modern Chinese Nationalism 2. Staging the World Part II 3. Deterritorializing Politics: The Pacific and Hawaii as Chinese National Space 4. Recognizing Colonialism: The Philippines and Revolution 5. Promoting the Ethnos: The Boer War and Discourses of the People Part III 6. Performing on the World Stage in Asia 7. Re-creating Chinas World Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index Review "Rebecca Karl[s book] not only explores an exciting period in Chinese intellectual history but also provides an alternative mapping of global relations based on a constellation of common subordinated nations. Those who, like me, are not specialists of Chinese history will find this vision of the world from below a refreshing revelation."-Michael Hardt, Duke University "Staging the World fundamentally challenges the conventional assumptions of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century intellectual history and proposes a creative, alternative imagining of the historiography of modern China. This is a rare work of intellectual ambition and righteous moral sense."-[ Lionel M. Jensen, author of Manufacturing Confucianism: Chinese Traditions and Universal Civilization "This is a persuasively argued and meticulously researched book which will repay careful reading... it can be highly recommended for its innovative interpretation of a profoundly serious subject: the origins of Chinese nationalism." - ASIAN AFFAIRS, November 2003 Review Quote " Staging the World fundamentally challenges the conventional assumptions of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century intellectual history and proposes a creative, alternative imagining of the historiography of modern China. This is a rare work of intellectual ambition and righteous moral sense."-Lionel M. Jensen, author of Manufacturing Confucianism: Chinese Traditions and Universal Civilization Promotional "Headline" An historical analysis of how the Chinese constructed their understandings of their place in the world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Details ISBN0822328674 Author Rebecca E. Karl Language English ISBN-10 0822328674 ISBN-13 9780822328674 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2002 Imprint Duke University Press Subtitle Chinese Nationalism at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Publisher Duke University Press Affiliation New York University Short Title STAGING THE WORLD-PB DOI 10.1604/9780822328674 AU Release Date 2002-04-22 NZ Release Date 2002-04-22 US Release Date 2002-04-22 UK Release Date 2002-04-22 Pages 320 Series Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society Publication Date 2002-04-22 DEWEY 320.540951 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161214886;

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