Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorNi, Zhangeen
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-19T15:03:24Zen
dc.date.available2018-10-19T15:03:24Zen
dc.date.issued2018-10en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/85435en
dc.description.abstractWhat if the industrial revolution had first taken place in late imperial China, which had taken the lead in technological innovations but suffered a severe shortage of fossil fuels and clashed with the equally energy-hungry West? What if, fast forward to 2012, global warming had released a fatal virus and unleashed a zombie pandemic threatening to terminate the human civilization and transform the entire planet? These are some of speculative scenarios enacted in contemporary Chinese popular novels. To one’s surprise, these novels are not associated with the relatively more established field of science fiction, but consumed and produced as danmei, that is, homoerotic romance featuring love affairs of male characters primarily but not exclusively for the entertainment of young women.en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.ispartofASPECT working papersen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.titleSteampunk, Zombie Apocalypse, and Homoerotic Romance: Rewriting Revolution Plus Love in Contemporary Chinaen
dc.typeWorking paperen


Files in this item

Thumbnail

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

  • ASPECT Events [14]
    ASPECT events include presentations of working papers, faculty authors’ books, and annual graduate conference programs.

Show simple item record