Abstract
This chapter discusses how the Maoist political attempt to master nature and human contradictorily generates the rekindled interests in mythology and fantasy through which what it means to be human has been rethought, particularly in its relation to the imaginary reincarnation of animal in human form.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Chinese Shock of the Anthropocene |
Subtitle of host publication | Image, Music and Text in the Age of Climate Change |
Editors | Kwai-Cheung Lo, Jessica Yeung |
Place of Publication | Singapore |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Chapter | 5 |
Pages | 83-107 |
Number of pages | 25 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811366857 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789811366840, 9789811366871 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 8 May 2019 |