Consuming Literature

Shuyu Kong is Assistant Professor of Chinese Literature at the University of Alberta's Department of East Asian Studies.

• @fmct:Contents @toc4:Acknowledgmentsiii @toc2:Introduction: Commercialization and Literary Best Sellers000 Chapter 1Breaking Away: Writers as Cultural Entrepreneurs 000 Chapter 2Publishing Houses: Creating a Best Seller Machine 000 Chapter 3"Second Channel": Book Dealers, Agents, and Studios000 Chapter 4The Economics of Privacy: Publishing Women's Writing000 Chapter 5Translating Foreign Literature: From Elitism to Populism000 Chapter 6Literary Journals: Between a Rock and a Hard Place 000 Conclusion: Literature in a Multimedia Millennium000 @toc4:Notes000 Glossary000 Bibliography000 Index000

"The book's strength lies in the richly detailed analyses based on comprehensive interviews and field research....Kong demonstrates a keen understanding of the intricacy and complexity which characterize the nascent Chinese publishing industry."—The China Journal "There is no book in English that could serve as a more informative or reliable introduction to the literary scene today"—China Review International "Readers will find much to contemplate in Consuming Literature. The book fulfills an important need to understand the changing nature of the Chinese literary publishing field. The first-hand information Kong has gleaned from interviews is invaluable."—CLEAR