Overview
Identifies the CCP’s role as the ‘central bank’, in driving forward Chinese CCI
Argues that China’s CCI development of traditional performing arts mirrors that of the CCP
Aims to bridge Western and Chinese theory, in the field of artistic socio-economics, to tackle Chinese CCI issues
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About this book
This book examines the development of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) in China through the angle of Chinese Theatre, xiqu. It focuses on the political and socio-economic transition period at the turn of the 21st century, as China evolves from ‘Made in China’ to ‘Created in China’, highlighting associated class reconstruction and cultural production and consumption. There are many forms of Chinese Theatre, the most popular one throughout Chinese history to date is the sing-song drama, collectively refers to as xiqu, which currently has over 300 regional styles across China. In 2014, President Xi Jinping’s Beijing Talk on Arts and Literature, which serves as China’s latest Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ideological direction and cultural policy, stressed that ‘the future of Chinese cultural and creative industries is to be anchored on traditional art forms, such as xiqu’. Such Chinese cultural and creative industry distinction will be addressed in this book.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Haili Ma is Associate Professor in the School of Performance and Cultural Industries at the University of Leeds, UK. Haili’s research focuses on Chinese theatre and the cultural and creative industries in global contexts. Before coming to the UK in 1997, Haili was a member of the Shanghai Luwan All-Female Yue Opera Company, specializing in Xiaosheng (male role). Haili is the author of Urban Politics and Cultural Capital: The Case of Chinese Opera (2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Understanding CCI through Chinese Theatre
Authors: Haili Ma
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45874-3
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-45873-6Published: 14 December 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-45876-7Due: 28 December 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-45874-3Published: 13 December 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 162
Topics: Asian Culture, Performing Arts, Cultural Policy and Politics, Cultural Heritage