TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ip,Hung-yok
TI  - Intellectuals in revolutionary China, 1921-1949: leaders, heroes and sophisticates 
SN  - 0415351650
AV  - DS776.6 .I62 2005
U1  - 951.0408631 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - RoutledgeCurzon
KW  - Intellectuals
KW  - China
KW  - Political activity
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1912-1949
N1  - "First published 2005 by Routledge ... London ... "; "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. I; Introduction --; 1; Perspectives --; Pt. II; Leaders : self-construction from the functional perspective --; 2; Radical intellectuals as the guiding force of change : the beginning of the political odyssey --; 3; Manufacturing political leadership I : the Yaqian intellectuals and Peng Pai --; 4; Manufacturing political leadership II : Mao Zedong --; Pt. III; Heroes : self-construction from the emotional perspective --; 5; Narrating politicized subjectivity --; 6; The nobility of ambivalence and devotion --; Pt. IV; Sophisticates : self-construction from the aesthetic perspective --; 7; Clinging to refinement in the revolution --; Pt. V; Epilogue --; 8; Self-construction, politics and culture : some general reflections --; 9; Conclusion
N2  - "In Intellectuals in Revolutionary China, 1921-1949 Hung-yok Ip examines how Communist intellectuals in China during the revolutionary period (1921-1949) constructed and presented identities for themselves. She looks at how they narrated their place in the revolution and how these identities later allowed them to claim to be the deserving elite of a revolution that sought to liberate the oppressed and bring about a better society. Not only does this book make a contribution to the history of the Chinese revolution, it also contributes to an understanding of the culture that was to be built in China after 1949." "Using memoirs, recollections and literary works that have only recently become available, Ip analyses Communist intellectuals' self-construction from the functional, emotional and aesthetic perspectives, and expands on how these historical agents fashioned the themes of Communist intellectuals as leaders, heroes and sophisticates."--BOOK JACKET
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