Translingual Practice - Annotated by Lydia H Liu (Paperback)

About the Book

This study--bridging contemporary theory Chinese history, comparative literature, and culture studies--analyzes the historical interactions among China, Japan, and the West in terms of "translingual practice." (Linguistics)

Book Synopsis

This study-bridging contemporary theory, Chinese history, comparative literature, and culture studies-analyzes the historical interactions among China, Japan, and the West in terms of "translingual practice."

From the Back Cover

"This important book will be of great interest and immense use to anyone in modern Chinese cultural studies who would understand the process by which new words, meanings, discourses, and modes of representation arose, circulated, and acquired legitimacy in early modern China through contact with European and Japanese languages and literatures." --Choice
"This book will be of interest to a wide audience and is must reading for those pursuing comparative studies."--Viren Murthy, University of Hawaii

Review Quotes

"This book will be of interest to a wide audience and is must reading for those pursuing comparative studies."--Viren Murthy, University of Hawaii

"This important book will be of great interest and immense use to anyone in modern Chinese cultural studies who would understand the process by which new words, meanings, discourses, and modes of representation arose, circulated, and acquired legitimacy in early modern China through contact with European and Japanese languages and literatures." --Choice

About the Author

Lyida H. Liu is Associate Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.