Format:
XX, 376 S.
Edition:
1. publ., repr. with corr.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. New York Cambridge Collections Online 2009 Online-Ressource Cambridge companions online
Edition:
Cambridge collections online
Edition:
The Cambridge companions complete collection
Edition:
The Cambridge companions to philosophy, religion and culture
ISBN:
9780521681902
,
9780521863223
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to culture
Content:
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 includes a glossary of key terms, a chronology and a guide to further reading. For the interested reader or traveler, it reveals a dynamic, diverse and fascinating culture, many aspects of which are now elucidated in English for the first time.
Content:
Defining modern Chinese culture / Kam Louie -- Social and political developments : the making of the twentieth-century Chinese state / Peter Zarrow -- Historical consciousness and national identity / Prasenjit Duara -- Gender in modern Chinese culture / Harriet Evans -- Ethnicity and Chinese identity : ethnographic insight and political positioning / William Jankowiak -- Flag, flame and embers : diaspora cultures / Wang Gungwu -- Modernizing Confucianism and 'new Confucianism' / Sor-Hoon Tan -- Socialism in China : a historical overview / Arif Dirlik -- Chinese religious traditions from 1900--2005 : an overview / Daniel L. Overmyer -- Languages in a modernizing China / Ping Chen -- The revolutionary tradition in modern Chinese literature / Charles Laughlin -- The involutionary tradition in modern Chinese literature / Michel Hockx -- Music and performing arts : tradition, reform and political and social relevance / Colin Mackerras -- Revolutions in vision : Chinese art and the experience of modernity / David Clarke -- Cinema : from foreign import to global brand / Chris Berry -- Media boom and cyber culture : television and the Internet in China / Liu Kang -- Physical culture, sports and the Olympics / Susan Brownell
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015)
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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
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781139001861
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521863223
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521863223
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
China
;
Kultur
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CCOL9780521863223
