The Transnational Order of qing 情 (Feelings)

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_3998
dc.contributor.author	Pirazzoli Melinda
dc.title	The Transnational Order of qing 情 (Feelings). Corruption Cases in Qiu Xiaolong’s A Case of Two Cities
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	This study will discuss Qiu Xiaolong’s ambivalent, yet powerful response to what Shu-Mei Shih defines as “suturing calls of Chineseness from China” (Shih 2011, 710). The first section of the study will concentrate on what one may define as Qiu’s ‘aesthetics of crime’ as well as his scathing critique to the contemporary Chinese society, “corrupt throughout” (Qiu 2006, 15). The second part will focus instead on Qiu’s homage to traditional Chinese culture. In particular, it will underscore his attempts to create what one may define a ‘trans-national narrative of qing’. Such an analysis will lead us to conclude that Qiu Xiaolong’s narratives are built in order to convey that “globalization straddles the negative pole of alien and the positive pole of English, reshuffling world population, concepts, and goods and services like iron filings” (Ma 2014, xi).
dc.relation.ispartof	Translating Wor(l)ds
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-12-21
dc.dateAccepted	2020-06-25
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-05-21
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-500-1/the-transnational-order-of-qing-feelings/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-499-8/004
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9131
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-914X
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-500-1
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-499-8
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Crime fiction
dc.subject	Crime fiction
dc.subject	Qing
dc.subject	Qing
dc.subject	Qiu Xiaolong
dc.subject	Qiu Xiaolong
dc.subject	Sinophone writing
dc.subject	Sinophone writing

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The Transnational Order of qing 情 (Feelings)

Corruption Cases in Qiu Xiaolong’s A Case of Two Cities

Melinda Pirazzoli Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italia

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abstract

This study will discuss Qiu Xiaolong’s ambivalent, yet powerful response to what Shu-Mei Shih defines as “suturing calls of Chineseness from China” (Shih 2011, 710). The first section of the study will concentrate on what one may define as Qiu’s ‘aesthetics of crime’ as well as his scathing critique to the contemporary Chinese society, “corrupt throughout” (Qiu 2006, 15). The second part will focus instead on Qiu’s homage to traditional Chinese culture. In particular, it will underscore his attempts to create what one may define a ‘trans-national narrative of qing’. Such an analysis will lead us to conclude that Qiu Xiaolong’s narratives are built in order to convey that “globalization straddles the negative pole of alien and the positive pole of English, reshuffling world population, concepts, and goods and services like iron filings” (Ma 2014, xi).

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Dec. 21, 2020

Accepted

June 25, 2020

Submitted

May 21, 2020

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978-88-6969-500-1

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978-88-6969-499-8

Keywords: Crime fiction • Qiu Xiaolong • Sinophone writing • Qing

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