{"id":2475,"date":"2014-02-25T09:30:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T01:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2475"},"modified":"2014-02-25T09:44:51","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T01:44:51","slug":"chinese-literature-dissertation-reviews-shanghai-the-fun-of-mapping-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2475","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Literature Dissertation Reviews — Shanghai: The Fun of Mapping Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dissertationreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SCHEEN-Literary-Map-1-e1391013559233.jpg?resize=423%2C305\"Dissertation Reviews <\/a>has posted Lena Scheen’s Talking Shop article “The Fun of Mapping Lies<\/b>.” Here\u2019s how it begins:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou do<\/i> realize what you are researching are works of fiction<\/i>, don\u2019t you?\u201d she asked with a British accent, while her smile expressed a confusing mixture of sincere friendliness and wry skepticism. \u201cOh dear, are you telling me that all of these stories are based on lies<\/i>?\u201d I countered, in an attempt to both copy her British wit and hide my annoyance. Holding a glass of lukewarm orange juice in one hand and a soggy club sandwich in the other, I shifted my weight uncomfortably. We were standing in the staff room of a university. It was a spacious but soulless room: grey office furniture, two leather sofas, a wall with announcements. Judging by the yellowish hue of the paper and the curled corners of those announcements, most activities were already deep in the past. The atmosphere was close and oppressive and I looked around to see if I could open a window. What I really wanted to do was leave the room altogether.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Dissertation Reviews has posted Lena Scheen’s Talking Shop article “The Fun of Mapping Lies.” Here\u2019s how it begins: \u201cYou do realize what you are researching are works of fiction, don\u2019t you?\u201d she asked with a British accent, while her smile … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[623,3],"tags":[1361],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-DV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1937,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1937","url_meta":{"origin":2475,"position":0},"title":"Chinese Literature Dissertation Reviews: The Hong Kong Crime Film","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"May 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Dissertation Reviews has posted Yang Wei\u2018s review of Kristof van den Troost's dissertation, The Hong Kong Crime Film: Genre and Film Noir from the 1940s to the Present. 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