TY  - BOOK
AU  - Qian,Suoqiao
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Liberal cosmopolitan: Lin Yutang and middling Chinese modernity 
T2  - Ideas, history, and modern China,
AV  - PL2781.N2 Z815 2011eb
U1  - 895.1/85109 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Lin, Yutang,
KW  - Cosmopolitanism
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10470650
ER  -