ISBN:
9789814332354
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (346 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Phenomenon of Chinese Culture at the Turn of the 21st Century
DDC:
306.0951
Keywords:
China ; Civilization
;
China ; Social conditions ; 2000-
;
Popular culture ; China
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book decodes contemporary Chinese culture. It uses a multi-directional scan of contemporary China's cultural conflict to examine themes of history versus modernity, tradition versus the rise of contemporary values, as well as the inevitable clashes following these cultural skirmishes. It is a valuable reference book for scholars of contemporary China, as well as an overview of modern cultural thought in China.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Increasingly Blurred Cultural Map -- State Will and the Mainstream Cultural Resources -- Present-day Fashion and the Leaders -- Lower Case Culture: Two Kinds of Time in Popular Culture -- Swan Song and Oriental Utopia -- The Media War and the Changes in Media Function -- The Virtual World on "A Thousand Plateaus" -- The Formation of New Social Classes and the Expansion of Discourse Space -- The Writing of the Proletarians in the Capital Myth Time -- Globalization / The Rebellion and Carnival of the Asian Youth -- Appendix I The "Betrayal", "Runaway" and "Death" of Intellectuals -- Appendix II The Specter of Totality and the Tradition of Being "Revived" -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""The Increasingly Blurred Cultural Map""; ""State Will and the Mainstream Cultural Resources""; ""Present-day Fashion and the Leaders""; ""Lower Case Culture: Two Kinds of Time in Popular Culture""; ""Swan Song and Oriental Utopia""; ""The Media War and the Changes in Media Function""; ""The Virtual World on “A Thousand Plateaus�""; ""The Formation of New Social Classes and the Expansion of Discourse Space""; ""The Writing of the Proletarians in the Capital Myth Time""; ""Globalization / The Rebellion and Carnival of the Asian Youth""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Appendix I The “Betrayal�, “Runaway� and “Death� of Intellectuals""""Appendix II The Specter of Totality and the Tradition of Being “Revived�""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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