Chapter 17 Authenticity beyond Authority? The Case of Handwritten Entertainment Fiction from the Chinese Cultural Revolution

Handwritten entertainment fiction (shouchaoben wenxue) circulated widely, albeit clandestinely, during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76), often in hasty handwriting on fragile paper. As a result, we are confronted with divergent witnesses without an identifiable original urtext. Divergence often ext...

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Main Author: Henningsen, Lena (auth)
Other Authors: Paterson, Duncan (auth)
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2023
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