Title Chiang Yee and his circle : Chinese artistic and intellectual life in Britain, 1930-1950 / edited by Paul Bevan, Anne Witchard, and Da Zheng

Published Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Contents 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Chiang, Yee, 1903-1977 SUBJECT Chiang, Yee, 1903-1977 fast Subject Chinese -- England -- London -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Chinese -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century Chinese Chinese -- Intellectual life Intellectual life Biography: general. General. SUBJECT London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078218 Subject England -- London Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Bevan, Paul, Ph. D., editor. Witchard, Anne Veronica, editor. Zheng, Da, 1953- editor. ISBN 9789888754885 9888754882

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