Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture

Name: Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture
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ISBN: 9780521681902

ISBN-10: 0521681901

ISBN-13: 9780521681902

Edition: 2008

Authors: Kam Louie

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At the start of the twenty-first century, China is poised to become a major global power. Understanding its culture is more important than ever before for western audiences, but for many, China remains a mysterious and exotic country. This Companion explains key aspects of modern Chinese culture without assuming prior knowledge of China or the Chinese language. The volume acknowledges the interconnected nature of the different cultural forms, from high culture such as literature, religion and philosophy to more popular issues such as sport, cinema, performance and the internet. Each chapter is written by a world expert in the field. Invaluable for students of Chinese studies, this book…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



List of illustrations


Notes on contributors


Chronology of major events


List of abbreviations



Defining modern Chinese culture




Social and political developments: the making of the twentieth-century Chinese state




Historical consciousness and national identity




Gender in modern Chinese culture




Ethnicity and Chinese identity: ethnographic insight and political positioning




Flag, flame and embers: diaspora cultures




Modernizing Confucianism and 'new Confucianism'




Socialism in China: a historical overview




Chinese religious traditions from 1900-2005: an overview




Languages in a modernizing China




The revolutionary tradition in modern Chinese literature




The involutionary tradition in modern Chinese literature




Music and performing arts: tradition, reform and political and social relevance




Revolutions in vision: Chinese art and the experience of modernity




Cinema: from foreign import to global brand




Media boom and cyber culture: television and the Internet in China




Physical culture, sports and the Olympics



Appendix


Index