After the Post–Cold War

“Many books aspire to be this book. None of them comes close. After the Post–Cold War, written by Dai Jinhua, an intellectual of global stature, stands alone as an analysis of contemporary Chinese culture and politics.” — Rebecca E. Karl, author of The Magic of Concepts: History and the Economic in Twentieth-Century China

“In a dazzling series of symptomatic readings of works by some of the key directors in contemporary Chinese cinema, Dai Jinhua uncovers the complicated disjunctive temporalities of China’s positionings in contemporary global capitalism. After the Post–Cold War provides an indispensable feminist perspective on the cultural and political dimensions of human existence in a world that can no longer say no to China and confirms Dai's status as an important voice of global new left thought.” — Pheng Cheah, author of What is a World? On Postcolonial Literature as World Literature

“An avant-garde figure in cultural criticism since the late 1980s, Dai Jinhua constantly integrates various theories and methodologies—from feminism and ideological analysis to psychoanalysis and cultural studies—into her work on film studies, literary history and criticism, and third-world social movements. She is one of the few Chinese scholars who traverse the boundary between the academy and the mass media, both domestically and internationally, and she continues to be an important critical voice of China and the contemporary world.” — Wang Hui