{"product_id":"sinophone-anglophone-cultural-duet-9783319863061","title":"Sinophone-Anglophone Cultural Duet","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sheng-Mei Ma\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Popular Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the paradox of China and the United States' literary and visual relationships, morphing between a happy duet and a contentious duel in fiction, film, poetry, comics, and opera from both sides of the Pacific. In the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century where tension between the two superpowers escalates, a gaping lacuna lies in the cultural sphere of Sino-Anglo comparative cultures. By focusing on a \"Sinophone-Anglophone\" relationship rather than a \"China-US\" one, Sheng-mei Ma eschews realpolitik, focusing on the two languages and the cross-cultural spheres where, contrary to Kipling's twain, East and West forever meet, like a repetition compulsion bordering on neurosis over the self and its cultural other. Indeed, the coupling of the two--duet-cum-duel--is so predictable that each seems attracted to and repulsed by its dark half, \u003ci\u003esemblable\u003c\/i\u003e, (in)compatible for their shared larger-than-life-ness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45278684741783,"sku":"9783319863061","price":7345.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783319863061.webp?v=1769291609","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sinophone-anglophone-cultural-duet-9783319863061","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}