Celebrates the life and work of Chiang Yee (1903-1977), a Chinese writer, poet, and painter who made his home in London, England during the 1930s and 1940s. It examines Chiang's relationship with his circle of friends and colleagues in the English capital, and assesses the work he produced during his sojourn there. This edited volume, with contributions from eleven distinguished scholars, tells a story of a Chinese intellectual community in London that up to now has been largely overlooked.
Publisher:Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2022.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Foreward / Yi-Fu Tuan -- Part one. Chiang Yee. -- Chiang Yee's Hampstead / Paul Bevan -- Chiang Yee as art history / Craig Clunas -- Being Chiang Yee: feeling, difference, and storytelling / Sara Cheang -- Chiang Yee and British ballet / Anne Witchard -- The silent traveller at home / Da Zheng -- Chiang Yee in wartime / Paul French -- Part Two. Chiang Yee's circle -- Navigating British publishing and finding an Anglophone readership: five Chinese writers / Tessa Thorniley -- Chiang Yee and the Hsiungs: solidarity, conviviality, and the economy of racial representation / Diana Yeh -- Shih- I Hsiung and Anglo-Chinese films: 'an interesting experiment' / Paul Bevan -- A 'Chinese Shelley' in 1930s Britain: Wang Lixi's transnational activism and transcultural lyricism / Ke Ren -- Mahjong in Maida Vale / Frances Wood.
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