ISBN:
1851095829
,
9781851095827
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 384 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Popular culture in the conteporary world
Parallel Title:
Print version Pop Culture China! : Media, Arts, and Lifestyle
DDC:
306.0951
Keywords:
Popular culture
;
China
Abstract:
ChinaÕs release from Maoist austerity has produced an explosion in popular culture. The Chinese have embraced such technologies as television and cell phones and shaped them to their own social context. Understanding modern China requires a thorough knowledge of daily life there. This book presents readers, from high-school and college students to the inquisitive tourist, with that knowledge.||The author, a scholar of Chinese culture, draws on his own fieldwork, along with authoritative scholarship and reporting, to give the reader a comprehensive, lively, and accessible introduction to all as
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Chronology; 1 Understanding Popular Culture in China; 2 Mass Media in China; 3 Television; 4 Radio; 5 Newspapers; 6 Magazines; 7 Cinema, Film, and Video; 8 The Internet and Telecommunications; 9 Consumption in China; 10 Leisure Time, Space, and Consumption; 11 Sports and Martial Arts; 12 Theatre and Music: Setting the Scene; 13 Theatre and Performance; 14 Popular Music; 15 Afterword: Looking to the Future of Chinese Popular Culture; Index; About the Author
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
