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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011

1 online resource (x, 271 p.)

ISBN 9789004192140 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9789004192133 (hardback : alk. paper)

Ideas, history, and modern China, ISSN 1875-9394 ; v. 3

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.

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