Description |
xvii, 162 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Preface to the English translation -- Translators' introduction -- In consultation with a doctor in the Land of the Soy Paste Vat (Original preface to The Ugly Chinaman) -- Pt. I. Bo Yang speaks -- The Ugly Chinaman -- Confronting your own ugliness -- The Chinese and the soy paste vat -- Life, literature and history -- Pt. II. Bo Yang writes -- Signs and symptoms of Chinese cultural senility -- Too cowed to crow -- Self preservation uber alles -- The animal that cannot smile -- A land of rites and righteousness -- Three polite phrases -- The land of the queue -- So this is what you call a civilised country? -- Don't act morally, just do what's right -- Chinatown: a snake pit where Chinese people devour each other alive -- A correspondence about 'The Ugly Chinaman' -- False pride -- Emulating the West, not becoming its slave -- Racial prejudice -- Glorious humiliation -- Pt. III. Waves breaking on the shore: An Ugly Chinaman forum -- Are Chinamen so ugly? -- The soy paste vat: symbol of all that is wrong with Chinese culture -- How to correct the habit of being perfect -- Reasoning gone wrong -- Escaping from the soy paste vat -- We must sweep our faults under the rug and parade our virtues in order not to demean ourselves: some criticism and suggestions for Bo Yang -- The contemptible Chinese -- Non-sense of humour -- Ten manifestations of the slave mentality -- Culture sans civilisation -- Chinese culture shall not be besmirched! -- Chinese culture: besmirch it or whitewash it -- The wonderful Chinaman |
Analysis |
China |
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Civilisation |
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Cultural identity |
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Overseas item |
Notes |
"The text of this book, with the exception of one newspaper article, is drawn from Bo Yang's anthology, The ugly Chinaman, published in Taipei in 1985"--P. xiii |
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"The translation of 'The ugly Chinaman'--a speech given at Iowa University, is based on a version that appeared in Renditions: a Chinese English translation magazine, no. 23, Spring 1985, published by the Chinese University of Hong Kong"--T.p. verso |
SUBJECT |
China -- Civilization -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023997
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China -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023992
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China -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024186 -- 1976-
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China -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024186
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Author |
Cohn, Don.
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Qing, Jing.
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LC no. |
93145470 |
ISBN |
1863731164 |
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