The Eternal Return of Mythology: The White (Green) Snake Legend in Maoist China and Colonial Hong Kong

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationChinese Shock of the Anthropocene
Subtitle of host publicationImage, Music and Text in the Age of Climate Change
EditorsKwai-Cheung Lo, Jessica Yeung
Place of PublicationSingapore
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Chapter5
Pages83-107
Number of pages25
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9789811366857
ISBN (Print)9789811366840, 9789811366871
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 May 2019

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