Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: China, Uneven Development, and Global Modernity Chapter 1. Uneven Modernity in Postsocialist China: A Critical Inquiry Chapter 2. Popularization of Traditional Culture in Postsocialist China: A Study of the Yu Qiuyu Phenomenon Chapter 3. Constructing a Neorealist Reality: Petty Urbanites, Mundaneness, and Chi Li’s Fiction Chapter 4. Commerce and the Critical Edge: The Politics of Postsocialist Film and the Case of Feng Xiaogang Chapter 5. Geopolitics in Postsocialist Art Film and Beyond: Reading Wang Xiaoshuai’s Films Postscript: Is an “Even Modernity” Possible in China? Notes Bibliography Index