{"product_id":"visual-subjectivity-in-chinese-and-american-thought-and-literature-9781041028123","title":"Visual Subjectivity in Chinese and American Thought and Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Guozhong Duan | Ming Dong Gu\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asian - Chinese\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding the reader with a systematic study of visual subjectivity in comparative thought and literature, this book analyses the role that vision and visuality, especially interpersonal visuality, play in the constitution of subject and subjectivity in Chinese and American traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining the formation of visual subjectivity in the philosophical works by major Chinese and Western thinkers, this book provides a comparative study of four masterworks of Chinese and American fiction, focusing on \u003cem\u003eThe Plum in the Golden Vase\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Story of the Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/em\u003e. It demonstrates that there are both psychologically universal and culturally specific factors and features in the visual constitution and representation of self, identity, subject, and subjectivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering fresh insights for cross-cultural studies of intellectual thought, literature, ideology, and culture through the visual lens, this book will appeal to students and scholars engaged in comparative studies of Chinese and American thought, literature, and narrative theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46438077956247,"sku":"9781041028123","price":20389.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781041028123.webp?v=1769106341","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/visual-subjectivity-in-chinese-and-american-thought-and-literature-9781041028123","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}