1st Edition
Storytellers and the Dream Factory Technology, Law, and the Production of Internet Literature
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One Fanatic Readers, Tainted Authors, and Legal Concerns
Chapter Two The Old System: Copyright and Literary Institutions
Chapter Three New Reading: Anxieties and Breakthroughs in Literature
Chapter Four From Genre Fiction to Internet “Literature”: Grub Street Strikes Back
Chapter Five New Literature in the Age of Technology (I): Production Mechanisms
Chapter Six New Literature in the Age of Technology (II): Content of Production
Chapter Seven Historical Divergence: Two Production Paths for Internet Literature
Chapter Eight Historical Overlaps: The Story of Qidian
Conclusion Storytellers and the Dream Factory: Contradictions Between the Internet and the Culture of Capitalism
Epilogue Freedom of Association in Knowledge Society: What Are Institutions for?
Postscript to the Chinese Edition
Bibliography
Biography
Chu Huijuan is a researcher at the Institute of Anthropology, Renmin University of China, and holds a PhD in Sociology from Peking University. Her work focuses on law and society, urban life, and social theory, bridging empirical analysis with critical theoretical frameworks.
