Details

Description

1 online resource (xv, 182 pages ): illustrations (chiefly color.

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Series

Hong Kong Literature Series

Hong Kong Literature Series.

JSTOR DDA.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary

This is a most unusual book. For several decades Xi Xi has been widely known for her award-winning poetry and fiction. This time, she has chosen to write about the teddy bears she began making in 2005, after treatment for cancer, in order to improve the mobility of her right hand. She made the bears herself from scratch, choosing some of her favourite characters from history and legend such as the Taoist philosopher Master Zhuang, the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan, and Beauty and the Beast. She also created exquisite items of clothing for them and wove a series of delightfully witty essays around them, giving her readers fascinating insights into Chinese culture, and into the ways in which Chinese clothing and fashion have evolved through the ages. This is a book for all who love literature and teddy bears.

Language

Translated from Chinese.

Note

Description based on print version record.

Contents

Half Title -- Full Title -- Copyright -- Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. Chinese Bears in Antique Garb -- 2. StoryBears -- 3. Fancy Dress Ball -- 4. Bear Stories -- Teddies on Tour -- Collectors' Bears -- Memorial Bear -- Q&A: On Teddies and TraditionalChinese Fashion -- Afterword -- Bear Height Measurements -- Other Works in the Series

Local Note

JSTOR

Subject

Teddy bears -- China -- Hong Kong.

Teddy bears -- Design and construction.

Costume -- China -- History.

Chinese literature -- History and criticism.

Characters and characteristics in literature.

Ours en peluche -- Chine -- Hongkong.

Littérature chinoise -- Histoire et critique.

LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays

Characters and characteristics in literature. (OCoLC)fst00852295

Chinese literature. (OCoLC)fst00857595

Costume. (OCoLC)fst00880759

Teddy bears. (OCoLC)fst01145340

China. (OCoLC)fst01206073

China -- Hong Kong. (OCoLC)fst01260796

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Electronic books.

Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635

History. (OCoLC)fst01411628

Added Author

Sanderson, Christina, translator.

Other Form:

Print version: 988237185X 9789882371859 (OCoLC)1156355910

ISBN

9789882378544 (electronic bk.)

9882378544 (electronic bk.)

988237185X

9789882371859