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Disability in contemporary China : citizenship, identity and culture
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- Creator
- Sarah Dauncey
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020
- ©2020
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- ISBNs
- 9781316339879, 1316339874, 9781108916769, 9781107544369, 9781107118539, 1108916767
- OCLC
- on1151475855
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Language -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Understanding Disability and Citizenship in China -- Imagining Disability in and through Chinese Culture -- Unearthing the Foundations of Disability in China -- Is There Such a Thing as a 'Good' Disabled Citizen? -- Towards an Understanding of Para-citizenship -- What Is Here, What Is Not, and What Might Be in the Future -- 1 Where Did All the Disabled People Go?: Cultural Invisibility Before 1976
- Picture-Perfect Heroes -- Pavel Korchagin's 'Hybrid Form' -- Hail the Wounded Heroes -- We Are 'Disabled but Not Useless' -- 'You Can't Make a Deaf-Mute Talk Unless You Make an Iron Tree Bloom' -- Not Everyone Can Be a Model Citizen -- 2 Backstage to Centre Stage: New Heroes in the Age of Reform -- Making a New Model Hero -- Crafting a Narrative of 'Overcoming' -- Towards a 'New View' of Disability -- An Enduring Role Model? -- Be a Normal, Exceptional, Disabled Person -- 3 Entertainment or Education?: Disability and the Cinematic Imagination -- Bringing Disability Back into View
- Promote Disability to Create a More 'Civilised' Society -- New Generations of Director, New Visions of Disability -- Save the Children -- 4 A Narrative Prosthesis?: Disability and the Literary Imagination -- A Dilapidated and Grotesque Haven -- Throwing Light on a Corner in the Shade -- The Timeless Quest for Able-bodiedness -- Dystopias and Utopias of Disability -- Illegitimate Heroes and Undesirable Denizens -- 5 Blind, but Not in the Dark: Realism Sheds New Light on Visual Impairment -- 'Blind Spots' and Stereotypes -- Definitions and Clichés -- Doctor Wang -- Sha Fuming -- Du Hong
- Shedding Light on the 'World of Darkness' -- 6 Private Lives for Public Consumption: Writing Our Disabled Life Stories -- The Complex Case of Narrating Disability -- Inspiring Others to Help Themselves -- Yin Shujun and Her Troublesome Body -- Yin Shujun Pays Back Her 'Debts' -- Angels with Broken Wings -- Conclusion: The Perils and Possibilities of Para-citizenship -- References -- Index