A Centrally Peripheral Publisher: The Fostering of the Hui Literary Field in Post-Mao China.
In recent decades, Chinese literary studies has shifted away from center–periphery models, favoring frameworks that emphasize multiplicity and decentralization. While this turn has opened space for new perspectives, it risks overlooking persistent hierarchies that continue to shape literary careers,...
| Publicado en: | Humanities (2076-0787) Vol. 14; no. 9; pp. 178 - 190 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=188321363&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 188321363 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 20760787 FDTT jtl: Humanities (2076-0787) issn: 20760787 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2025 vid: 14 iid: 9 pid: 97109 pub: MDPI artinfo: ui: 188321363 10.3390/h14090178 ppf: 178 ppct: 12 formats: tig: atl: A Centrally Peripheral Publisher: The Fostering of the Hui Literary Field in Post-Mao China. aug: au: De Grandis, Mario affil: Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca' Foscari University, 30123 Venice, Italy su: Hui (Chinese people) Minorities Chinese literature Authors China sug: subj: China Hui (Chinese people) Minorities Chinese literature Authors keyword: Chinese ethnic minority literature Hui literature Huizu wenxue minzu wenxue ab: In recent decades, Chinese literary studies has shifted away from center–periphery models, favoring frameworks that emphasize multiplicity and decentralization. While this turn has opened space for new perspectives, it risks overlooking persistent hierarchies that continue to shape literary careers, where certain publishers remain more central to an author's advancement than others. This essay reconsiders the center–periphery framework through an analysis of Huizu wenxue, a literary journal published in Changji, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Despite its geographic distance from China's dominant literary hubs, Huizu wenxue has long served as a key platform for Hui literature. Drawing on interviews, as well as textual and paratextual analysis, I demonstrate how the journal functions both as a launchpad for emerging Hui authors and as an institutional anchor for a nationwide Hui literary community. Through dedicated columns that showcase new Hui talent and events that foster professional networks, Huizu wenxue has, since its inception, continually played a central role in shaping Hui literary production and supporting authors' careers. Because it operates from the margins of the People's Republic of China's yet wields significant influence within Hui literary circles, I argue that Huizu wenxue is best understood as a "peripheral center." pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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