@article{1379875,
      note = {Ser. statement from jacket.},
      author = {Link, E. Perry},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1379875},
      title = {Stubborn weeds : popular and controversial Chinese  literature after the Cultural Revolution /},
      publisher = {Indiana University Press,},
      abstract = {"The literature of the People's Republic of China became  livelier and more varied during the "Thaw" of 1979-80 than  at any other time since the revolution. Perry Link, who  lived in China during that period, has assembled the most  representative examples, as well as those of most interest  to Western readers, of "stubborn weeds"--The writing that  would not die in spite of the pressures of the Cultural  Revolution. The volume includes fiction, drama, poetry, and  such popular performing arts as comedians' dialogues and  clappertales. The writers range from the prize-winning  Jiang Zilong, to the controversial Bai Hua, to university  students who wrote under pseudonyms in unofficial  publications. These works reveal that literary conventions  were stretched and liberalized, in both technique and  content. In addition to exposing the injustices of the  Cultural Revolution, the writers touch on previously  heretical topics such as suicide, poverty, and the  corruption of the regime. Perry Link's informative  introductions trace the byzantine twists and turns of  literary movements in contemporary China and place them in  a societal context. Because of its rich reflections of  Chinese realities, Stubborn Weeds: Popular and  Controversial Chinese Literature after the Cultural  Revolution will interest sociologists and political  scientists as well as literary scholars and general  readers, who will welcomes these authentic views"--Back  cover.},
      recid = {1379875},
      pages = {292 pages ;},
      address = {Bloomington :},
      year = {1983},
}