Chiang Yee and His Circle
豆瓣
Chinese Artistic and Intellectual Life in Britain, 1930–1950
Paul Bevan (ed.) / Anne Witchard (ed.) …
简介
This book, Chiang Yee and His Circle: Chinese Artistic and Intellectual Life in Britain, 1930–1950, celebrates the life and work of Chiang Yee (1903–1977), a Chinese writer, poet, and painter who made his home in London, England during the 1930s and 1940s. It examines Chiang’s relationship with his circle of friends and colleagues in the English capital, and assesses the work he produced during his sojourn there. This edited volume, with contributions from eleven distinguished scholars, tells a story of a Chinese intellectual community in London that up to now has been largely overlooked. It portrays a dynamic picture of the London-based émigré life during the years that led up to the war and during the conflict that was the catalyst for many of them moving on. In addition, the book broadens our understanding of cultural interactions between China and the West in Hampstead, one of the most vibrant artistic communities in London.
contents
Foreword by Yi-Fu Tuan vii
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgements xi
Note on Copyright xiii
Notes on Romanisation and References xiv
List of Contributors xv
Editors’ Introduction: Chiang Yee and His Circle: Chinese Artistic and
Intellectual Life in Britain, 1930–1950 1
Part One: Chiang Yee
1. Chiang Yee’s Hampstead 11
Paul Bevan
2. Chiang Yee as Art History 18
Craig Clunas
3. Being Chiang Yee: Feeling, Difference, and Storytelling 37
Sarah Cheang
4. Chiang Yee and British Ballet 51
Anne Witchard
5. The Silent Traveller at Home 71
Da Zheng
6. Chiang Yee in Wartime 89
Paul French
Part Two: Chiang Yee’s Circle
7. Navigating British Publishing and Finding an Anglophone Readership:
Five Chinese Writers 107
Tessa Thorniley
8. Chiang Yee and the Hsiungs: Solidarity, Conviviality, and the Economy of
Racial Representation 128
Diana Yeh
9. Shih-I Hsiung and Anglo-Chinese Films: ‘An Interesting Experiment’ 142
Paul Bevan
10. A ‘Chinese Shelley’ in 1930s Britain: Wang Lixi’s Transnational Activism
and Transcultural Lyricism 158
Ke Ren
11. Mahjong in Maida Vale 181
Frances Wood
Glossary of Chinese names 197
Selected Bibliography 199
Index 209