| Globalization and Cultural Trends in China Contributor(s): Kang, Liu (Author), Liu, Kang (Author) |
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ISBN: 082482704X ISBN-13: 9780824827045 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2004 Annotation: In this timely and provocative work, Liu Kang argues that globalization is not simply a new conceptual framework through which cultural change in China can be understood; it is a historical condition in which the country's gaige kaifang (reform and opening up) has unfolded and a set of values or ideologies by which it and the rest of the globe are judged. In five clear and concise chapters, Liu examines China's current ideological struggles in political discourse, intellectual debate, popular culture, avant-garde literature, the news media, and the internet. He constructs an original understanding of post-revolutionary Chinese culture, making the case that revolutionary culture is still important despite the fact that Mao's ideology has been gutted and arguing for its value in providing China with its own cultural identity, curbing the excesses of capitalism, and putting forward an alternative model of modernization. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - Political Science | Globalization - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 951.059 |
| LCCN: 2003013834 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.22" W x 9.18" (1.05 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Liu Kang argues that globalization is not simply a new conceptual framework through which cultural change in China can be understood; it is a historical condition in which the country's gaige kaifang (reform and opening up) has unfolded, and a set of values or ideologies by which it and the rest of the globe is judged. struggles in political discourse, intellectual debate, popular culture, avant-garde literature, the news media and the internet. He constructs an understanding of post-revolutionary Chinese culture, making the case that Mao's ideology has been gutted, and arguing for its value in providing China with its own cultural identity, curbing the excesses of capitalism, and putting forward an alternative model of modernization. |
