Qian, Suoqiao. <br/><br/>
Liberal cosmopolitan  Lin Yutang and middling Chinese modernity /  [electronic resource] : 
by Qian Suoqiao. 
 - Leiden ;  Boston :  Brill,  2011. 
 - x, 271 p. 
 - Ideas, history, and modern China,  v. 3  1875-9394 ; .
 - Ideas, history, and modern China ;  v. 3. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: re-discovering Lin Yutang in the post-Mao era -- Chinese modernity: nationalism, imperialism, and the liberal cosmopolitan alternative -- Enlightenment and national salvation: the politics of a liberal nationalist -- "Little critic:" "returned" professionals and the cosmopolitan modern -- A cross-cultural aesthetics of life: translating "xingling" into "self-expression," "xianshi" into "leisure" and "humor" into "youmo" -- Oriental other: the business of translating Chinese and American cultures -- Cosmopolitan difference: critique of imperialism and debating "Chinahands" -- Conclusion: what a liberal cosmopolitan alternative means for contemporary Chinese intellectual dilemma -- Appendix. Chronology of Lin Yutang. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lin, Yutang, 1895-1976 --Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Lin, Yutang, 1895-1976 --Political and social views.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cosmopolitanism--History.--China
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--Intellectual life--20th century.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PL2781.N2  / Z815 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>895.1/85109