| Remaking Red Classics in Post-Mao China: TV Drama as Popular Media Contributor(s): Gong, Qian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1786609258 ISBN-13: 9781786609250 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $120.78 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - Social Science | Popular Culture - Performing Arts | Television - General |
| Dewey: 791.450 |
| LCCN: 2020054913 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.04 lbs) 206 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the 1990s, China's economic reform campaign reached a new high. Amid the eager adoption of capitalism, however, the spectre of revolution re-emerged. Red Classics, a historic-revolutionary themed genre created in the high socialist era were widely taken up again in television drama adaptations. They have since remained a permanent feature of TV repertoire well into the 2010s. Remaking Red Classics in Post-Mao China looks at the how the revolutionary experience is represented and consumed in the reform era. It examines the adaptation of Red Classics as a result of the dynamic interplay between television stations, media censorship and social sentiment of the populace. How the story of revolution was reinvented to appeal and entertain a new generation provides important clues to the understanding of transformation of class, gender, locality and faith in contemporary China. |
