In the Red On Contemporary Chinese Culture

Name: In the Red On Contemporary Chinese Culture
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ISBN: 9780231106153

ISBN-10: 0231106157

ISBN-13: 9780231106153

Edition: N/A

Authors: Geremie Barmï¿½, Geremie R. Barmï¿½

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China, Geremie R. Barm notes, has become one of the greatest writing and publishing nations on the planet, and both cultural activists and the state are embroiled in debates about the production and distribution of its cultural products. But what happens when global culture and Chinese capitalist-socialism meet in the marketplace? In the Redinvestigates what goes on behind the rhetoric of the official Chinese government and the dissident community and provides a unique perspective on mainstream Western perceptions of cultural developments, artistic freedom, and popular lifestyles in China today. Illustrated with fascinating cartoons and photographs and rich with facts, anecdotes, and…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 1/11/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.90" long x 0.11" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English



Introduction: A Culture in the Red



The Chinese Velvet Prison



An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove



Traveling Heavy



The Apotheosis of the Liumang



The Graying of Chinese Culture



Consuming t-shirts in Beijing



Packaged Dissent



Artful Marketing



ccptm & Adcult prc



To Screw Foreigners Is Patriotic



Kowtowing to the Vulgar



Totalitarian Nostalgia Postscript: Springtime in Beijing


Appendix Screw You, Too Chinese


Glossary


Index